Go Warn Go WonA Poem by Tobe OsigweA Lampoon for a jinxed hero.
Go wàrn Gowon that he hasn't really won
Those he won at dusk are better at dawn The Kwashiokor kids are no longer hungrily down The gaunt and vanquished wear no more, frown Warn GoWon he hasn't really won! Do you have pleasant sleeps or ruptured dreams? Seeing swollen tummies at the rims of your dream as your eyes dim; Yes! Those innocent kids, do you still hear their screams? Guess you are busy with bible and gospel films. GoWon go AWOL with your sanctimonious schemes! Have you been to plateau where indigenes grovel? Because the holy settlers snatched their shovel GoWon, won't you settle the settlers with your vicious gavel? Bring in your Russian jets, churn their bodies into charred gravel To keep your state one at all cost should also be novel. Jack Charge won but he looks worn Worn out in dismay,he is now down and forlorn Forlorn and abandoned by the Brits and Fulanis, now he alone mourns Mourning his scorns, as the settlers graze his peoples corns. Go warn GoWon now that he is worn that he hasn't won. © 2013 Tobe Osigwe |
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Added on March 16, 2013 Last Updated on March 17, 2013 Previous Versions AuthorTobe OsigweLagos, south west, NigeriaAboutTobe Osigwe is Tobe Osigwe. A graduate of Theatre and Film Studies from the prestigious University of Nigeria Nsukka. He is a screenwriter, a poet, a teacher and a film director. You can reach the wri.. more..Writing
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