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...