Waiting Under the Rock!
Wait!
Wait in faith,
not on a fate
that’s coming at any rate
like the black moon
that darkens the light of noon
and increases the burial dance
unlike the interment in France.
Sad though we must not be
because of the pain we feel
under a dwindling rock
called Aso Rock.
We wait
because as yet,
we cannot move,
fly or jump like a dove.
Until we can take a leaf,
we’ll be covered with the green leaf
under the dwindling rock
called Aso Rock.
Author’s Postscript: “Waiting Under the Rock”is symbolic of Nigeria. The Rock symbolizes the Nigerian Government House called Aso Rock and all the gimmicks of politics not favouring the citizenry. The poet persona speaks for the masses using the plural “We” and poeticising that “Until we take our leaf” from bad government and all the indices of underdevelopment including bribery and corruption, crises and death, sickness and poverty, ignorance and illiteracy, unemployment and joblessness, increasing infant and maternal mortality rate, misery and melancholia, we will be covered with the green leaf which was supposed to symbolize the abundance of natural wealth, fertility and fruitfulness but has been upturned.
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