Democracy: a ray, so soiled
in muds of deceptions,
by rogues and cabals,
full of tricks and pricks,
in our clime.
Democracy: a say, so boiled
in buds of corruptions,
by jackals and baboons,
full of cracks and racks,
in our slime.
Democracy: a bay, so coiled
in robes of crumbles,
by hyenas and riff-raffs,
full of slacks and sacks,
in our country.
Democracy: a fay, so foiled
in probes of troubles,
by monkeys and morons,
full of hacks and lacks,
in our county.
Democracy: a lay, so oiled
in troop of hoodlums,
by heads and dreads,
full of pranks and drunks,
in our stripes.
Ben Ezeohagwu won the Onigraffiks Prize for literature (2017). He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin and can be reached at Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com, www.africanamericanuniversity.
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