CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PAST Are you sleeping Baba? Can't you hear me? They did it, they did it! What? The Nation you laboured to save Now has within her borders bondservants. Bondservants made out of her own citizens. How? The inhabitants are being killed, A minority suck her juice unrestrained, Leaving her dry as the harmattan wind. Where? On our Fatherland Baba! Scattered all over our Nation's soil, Drinking bitter waters for their daily toils Why? Unsatisfying greed! All they think about is their potbellies And the welfare of their overfed familes Who? Your political descendants Baba Unlike you, they've become modern slavemasters, Who parade themselves as "honest" leaders... Or... Maybe they are truly "honest." "Honest" only in their ability to be dishonest. #corruptionquotes #nigerianpoet
