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The Boy Died by gorociano: 8:31pm On Sep 21, 2010 |
Please review And there was the case of a boy. Hungry, he wrote a petition to his Senator Who, humbly, tabled it before the Senate For consideration just after he ate A three-course Gbegiri, Tuwo and Oha So a “Pellow-Nigerian” hater he won't be named, He pushed for the boy’s own share of National Cake. The Senate moved swiftly into motion Committee of the whole devolved the issue To committee of the small to make sure That the boy, very soon, gets a good food. Committee of the small returned to plenary That a supplementary budget has been prepared But not to be accused of “small–brother” rivalry, The House of Reps must be made fully aware My belle o! My head o! My belle o! My head o! House of Reps passed the issue promptly To Committees on Budget and Agriculture They sat for three days without failing So, without much ado, budget passed on the fourth. Order! Shouted the court in an ex-parte voice. “You must pause until I’m ready and poised To hear substantively, the boy’s State’s case On being the boy’s main filler of plate. SANs’ and unSANneds’ tussled and tossed NBA President made an appeal to sheathe swords Within a week ex-parte case was withdrawn As State and Federation agreed to work in consort. My umph belle o! My headi o! My belle o! My umph umph headi o! Pronto, the State also followed the motion Of budget allocation, passing and releasing The high speed it was done belies the notion Of governments’ unresponsiveness to emergencies Commissioner and Minster quickly dashed off With aides in toe, to market to select the very best Of foodstuffs and supervised as it was prepared And finally food is ready to be eaten by the boy His stooped head mocking their “notice-me” intentions The boy died while waiting for a filled plate The minister inquired to the name of the boy He was called Ciroma Chukwuma Adekunle My bel-umph-le o! My he-adi o! My belle o! My he… (Local Governance has been castrated by the state, so it didn’t feature and the press joined the jamboree once it was tabled before the Senate - - -> Dedicated to all Nigerian Children) , 08039274698, gorociano@gmail.com |
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