By Ben Ezeohagwu
I
Nigeria: a nation of cows,
without hows,
full of lows,
marauding herdsmen,
loot our farms,
full of arms.
II
Nigeria: a nation of cows,
without bows,
full of jows,
nefarious herdsmen,
root our barns,
full of harms.
III
Nigeria: a nation of cows,
without pows,
full of mows,
archaic herdsmen,
hoot our dams,
full of jams.
IV
Nigeria: a nation of cows,
without vows,
full of tows,
gruesome herdsmen,
fool our gams,
full of lams.
V
Nigeria: a nation of cows,
without wows,
full of yowls,
backward herdsmen,
bull our yams,
full of germs.
Ezeohagwu won the Onigraffiks Prize for Literature (2017). He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin.
Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com
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