Oppression everywhere; people scurrying,
scurrying away from a lunatic,
a dragon-mouthed lunatic drunk from a cocktail of blood.
No one is safe;
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A cry for injustice and oppression and a poem of courage to expose these injustices. If a government is made as a vehicle to oppress its people and suppress the rights of its citizens, then the government goes down to the level of a demon who delivers its people to darkness.
A Cocktail of blood! ! ! Not only in Nigeria! Also in other African Countries. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Brave utterances set aside for sober reflection. An insightful patriotic write nicely brought forth with conviction. Thanks for sharing, Chima.
A powerful, incisive and insightful write. It expresses brilliantly in detail the injustices committed by the government for its people. A well crafted, thought and conveyed poem. Onto my Poem List.
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