By Bate Besong
The party makes aluminium crowns
and puts them on the
heads of
toad-eaters
their minds now work like a
cartwheel going
round and round
in circles
our body decays while we are alive
when armed robbers in the guise
provincial governors cover their eyes with
dark glasses
and shout big meretricious
slogans:
WE ARE A DEMOCRATIC
AND UNITED COUNTRY
sans amour de la patrie!
Don’t worry
Gluttony has been the death of those
who make good appear evil, who
find fault with the
noblest actions
and plough
the ground to
sow seeds of
Injustice
Don’t be jealous of a
Festering carrion’s success, you
do not know what disaster awaits him.
Idols are
Dressed in purple robes
like emperor bedel bokassa, but
they
cannot keep themselves
from
being tarnished
or protect themselves
from
termites
See how useless they are
They can’t walk on their feet, but
must be carried around
Even if you suffer humiliation, Be
Patient
Great things often have small
and humble beginnings; but they
survive, grow steadily, and
flower
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