Tuesday 22 July 2014

"They Say They Love Us" by Isaac Oluyi


They say they love us
Guns in hands,
 Speaking with sugar-coated mouths
Tongue in cheeks,
Promising to build bridges where there is no river
Calling white, black
Each time we complain
They say love us

They say they love us
But act like rogues in suits
Their carriages are not different from touts’
Poised to siphon the system with pens and milk it dry
Yet they say they love us

They say they love us
And shrewd all their actions in secrecy
Operating like a blood-sucking cult
Yet they say they love us.


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