I
Boko Haram, banditry forces,
terrorists are in deeds,
Puciwa and Koleram communities
turn new states
of Borno in needs,
under new governorship spakes
Invade, kill scores
of farmers and herders,
rustle hundred shores,
Boko Haram terrorists,
tussle in the pores.
II
helter-skelter so in greeing,
the downtrodden grope,
livelihood and lives slope,
under attacks fleeing,
Police, and security agents,
nowhere to be found,
Magumeri district,
Gubio, Gajigana, Nganzai,
displaced, misplaced
by Boko Haram insurgents,
go from here where do we?
where is Nigeria driven?
is it by Boko Haram?
Pathetic, deadly, miserably!
or by Muhammadu Buhari,
as cheering, healthy, heart warming?
III
why do we Poke in vote?
when we hoke is no joke
for poverty, insecurity, insurgency, deaths?
it’s painful now,
with pow of armed bandits,
not cheering, healthy, heartwarming,
as we tow in mow,
where is Muhammadu Buhari?
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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