LET'S PRAY THE HUNGER AWAY
Praying Bill
Billing it on us .
You hungry?
Let's pray on it.
You thirsty?
Drink a word of faith.
Let's import some pulpiteers.
And let your taxes buy us salvation.
Rags to riches.
The chicken seller says.
Blunt courage.
The freedom fighter purports .
Let's relate to the majority.
And they will forget our transgressions.
We can Transgress more.
Let's grab some lands.
Let's empty the coffers .
And make the ‘first family ’ the villains.
Let's entrench tribalism.
Back to the Ivory Baton Regime.
The treasurer and the administrator now at the helm.
The masses need theatrics.
Which gimmicks do we use?
Let's employ some influencers.
Now the youths are wooed.
Let's nominate the incompetent auntie .
And gender parity illlusioned.
And the masses will at the end shout
Can I get an encore!
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Kenya
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Submitted by Banbeast on February 23, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABCBXAX XXXXBDE XXDXXX XXAXBCXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 801 |
Words | 163 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 6, 8 |
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