Shamboli mboli
Omboli mboli
Mboli mboli
Sham! Sham!! Sham!!!
They rant
And prattle
Meaningless lyrics.
They pour inverted scorn
Clothed in garb of praise
Onto tomb of sainthood.
They dance
Crooked dance steps
In merriment,
To welcome
Season of silence.
Yet,
In their celebration,
Unknown to celebrants,
Sacred anthills
Grow into sacred hills,
Sacred hills
Grow into sacred mountains
On whose tops
Birds of virtue perch
To sing
Songs of virtue.

By: Chidi Anthony Opara.