THE SOCIAL INTROSPECT

From time immemorial, the pace of development and human progress has most often been intercepted or slowed down by cunning and greedy men; men with hyper insatiable appetites; the power huggers, sellers of their nation for a bag of silver. from the Senate to our representatives to past  head of state and government, and presidents in our 21 st  century democratic eras; are men who the populace elected and those who selected and manipulated their  way through to the cabin of power; to sit amongst the officials deciding the affairs and destiny of our dear nation; unfortunately they have consistently mis -navigated the moral, economic, political, socio-religious and educational compasses of this nation to an island where they have held hostage and continuously loot the cargo of our destiny; concomitantly siphoning the passengers; on our route to nowhere yet. Ooh kinsmen of Judas; men in agbadas, saris, Durban ties and robes; taking their seats amongst the noble; c...

It’s a new dawn Shouts and marching; drives towards the converging point Keys into the padlocks; opening doors yet filled with dust Opportunities are beaming; there is a lot of noise Wears are landing on tables, merchandise hanging with pebbles Eyes are running, surveying; those of Genuity alongside those filled with obscurity The owner and what he owns; madam shines her eyes on her items of gold Profit’s the name of the game; the players are giving themselves some close marking Parents with their kids in the marketplace The children are running within the market space Nneka and Gbola; in close bond, with secrecy, dishing out the latest rounds under a market shade Alfa and the prophet in a hot tussle of putting their truth in the people’s face At noon Crawling, walking, running, jumping; as the tempo may seem Mama t and aunty b; selling the same wears; exchange some couple of twinkle eyes, as buyers draw near It’s a tussle and jostle story fo...