Thursday, 2 February 2023

If You See Mr President by Oladehinde Ibikunle

If you see Mr President

tell him that we know

about those unfathomed speeches

rendered on spotless white sheets

about the queer achievements

that are too big for our eyes to behold.


Tell him we also know that

they are soon becoming a tale.


If you see Mr President

tell him that we won't talk about the huge debts

that were shamelessly incurred

but we are proud to tell the world

and assure the lenders

that our children will pay them in triple folds.


Tell him also that we now know

that competence has a tribe

and belongs to a specific faith.


And please, tell him 

that change has begun with us

we patronise this understaffed hospital

but United Kingdom is just a stone throw

when his excellency has cold.


9th January, 2023


Oladehinde Ibikunle


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