Incompetence weds corruption, By Niyi Osundare

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Incompetence weds Corruption**/And a dark, unruly tragedy is born/As the Nation thrashes about/Like a snake without a head

His mouth stuffed with the corpsesHe crawled, caviled cajoled, cried in countless bidsToo big for his middling headOld separatist animosities re-draw the mapMerit and Good Judgement his prime disposable virtuesAnd the Nation grabs the reverse gearAn oil-drenched Nation lacksHas thrown the nation’s debt-drained economy into a tailspinHas turned Nigeria into the saddest joke of the

UniverseBut why did Luku fight so hard for this CrownUntimely deaths deplete our ranksUnhappy the land where rulers cannot THINKWhy is Lukuland such a Netherworld of Fools?What do you do with/to a Nation* Oh Duck, why your frantic craving for the riverNigeria and I:one of Africa’s foremost poets and academics, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English, University of New Orleans.

 

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