I
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
theatre of confusions or diffusions,
regulations or deregulations,
gross fair-hearing drama,
speak volumes of frictions.
II
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
rehearsal of fights or rights,
corruptions or incorruptions,
dross quick-acting drama,
reveal echoes of fractions.
III
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
battle of wits or grits,
cattle or baffle,
doss contract drama,
prove reasons of fragments.
IV
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
elephant of strifes or strikes,
learning or earning,
students bear brunts,
on contract hunts.
V
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
uproar of masks or marks
disguises or dismisses,
foul estate drama,
rear dangers of grammar.
VI
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
VCs, Governing Council or Pro-chancellor,
huge jokes of breeds,
disdainful recurring decimals,
pollution of sorts.
VII
UNILAG: Babble Tower or Ivory Tower?
loss of priorities or minorities,
fouling or foully,
parents sear hopes,
brew distractions of resources.
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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