I am the lion who sits on the throne I am the lion who can have or lose it all and end up without even a bone That is why I have the monkeys Who must do all the dirty works that will give me riches’ key I am the lion who sits on […]
If you are a mason and dreams of marrying a judge Without bettering yourself first And all you do is to spend your fortune on her making her your honour badge When she becomes the judge and decides not to your side budge Don’t sigh and never say why? Caveat emptor! If yours […]
He stands unclothed But feels very confident and clothed In a judgeless public Who his many booty dust lick He hits his chest And orders at his comfy quest With means of the ‘seeful’ but mute Shooting empty glances of talk and I’ll shoot The irony is on you The irony is on […]
Please cover me with the cloth, Cover me with the cloth that will make me invisible to disdain Invisible to pain, Invisble to faces of hypocrisy plain, Invisible to the likes of Cain Invisible to those who love feign Invisible to those who insane thoughts daily gain, Invisible to those who abuse rain Invisible to […]
It is uncontaminated and heavenly around It is sparkling and golden to have been found Wow! The beautiful oceans, rivers and beaches lie so serene and welcoming That the last straggler of non-humans might have been here thousands of years ago Wait, even the bushes are as clean as the morning dew To see defecation […]
“We sing along The damned doomy song We’ve suffered for long Trying to belong We cry for our souls Trying to identify the mole And tie him to the pole Under the hot coal Living for nothing is naught Our happiness in life has been bought As we try to find a way […]
He sits under the golden tree On the biggest of the silver stools Breathing wealth and sending free The money fools He walks only under the golden umbrella Held by the stoogy jesters Spewing words that even he doesn’t believe but people deem filla He promises with such gestures Manly man of youthful […]
I am bamboozled Strapped in visions of the unfathomable Cajoled by frightened hummings of the wind Clothed by awareness of magnifying nakedness of grave hoodwinking Of not only myself but the world I am angry Angry by the tone of my voice Exhausted and fatigued by the stench of unscrupulous stinking teeth In the […]
When Lord Acton; a British historian (1834-1902) wrote “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” He was right, he was absolutely right but he did not live to see this era in Africa where thoughts of power corrupt even before the power is served. I was […]
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