THE SCORE

The score 1977 (Lagos)



We were told by the poachers
To plough, to till and bury hot sweat
Then put all our produce in the basket of FEDERALISM
In accordance with the quest for UNISM
and in the pursuit of COMMUNISM
believing fate as our profound guardian
Until the trend of the vulgars
Who knew the pogo best
And then a soul was lost
yet another, after the other, in that order
And then again in our straight jacket
mourning the deprived souls
On the same soil we all made merry
Lords of the imperial pioneers of the imperil.

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This poem mirrors the brutal role of military intervention in politics and political upheavals in Nigeria in 80's and 90's.

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Written on October 25, 2002

Submitted by olusesan_a on January 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCCCDAEFGHIJK
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 512
Words 106
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

The score

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