Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke

TALKING ENVELOPE

The society is mad, 
Rejoicing in her madness, 
Abnormality is now normal, 
Good and evil are in a wrestling contest. 

Humans are no longer humane 
They have lost their sense of 
morality, 
Avarice the cancer of the heart. 

The system has been punctured 
With pregnant envelopes, 
Merited opportunities choked 
By men of no conscience. 

Where is the future of the nation? 
When dickheaded nonentities
Pilot and decides the affairs of the state, 
Africa is walking and crawling in democracy. 

Should we fold our hands and watch? 
These clueless hearts are devouring 
our treasury without leniency. 

They have conditioned our hands and lips
Under lock and key, 
When we sold our votes 
For a pot of porridge. 

We can change the narrative, 
When we caution our selfishness 
And fight a just course, 
Unity the vehicle of change.