WEEPNOT (By Jerry Ukpai Okoroafor)

WEEPNOT

My dear Chico(all oins, ears closed and a j u w a ya..a…..a!!!!!)

Oliver, weep not!

The gods of coal in Enugu state,

The gods of coal in Kogi state,

The sun gods of Nigeria,

Indeed have heard you!

And so it was in the days of Babel,

And so it shall be in our time!

For who is it,

That can face ALMIGHTY ALLAH?

The thoughts of nuclear at RAMADAN?

T u f i a k w a!

When the saints come matching

And I will join their numbers,

Jonathan has joined,

Nnoka has nodded,

Emeruwa has encored,

Ndueke has something to say,

Will you be left out?

Cheta kwanu Chenobyl disaster,

Cheta kwanu Japan disaster,

Cheta kwanu Ajaokuta,

Cheta kwanu Onitsha,

And the steel yet to roll.

Who can tell the minds of a scientist?

Or can tell the minds of a horse?

Though seated under a tree,

But when the apple came falling

Before Newton remembered,

Mother Gravity!

The RUSHIANS are rushing again.

Jinx! Jinx!! Jinx!!!

Is the name of the of the Project

But let us in one accord

That ndueke may lead us in PRAYER!

ukpai(61-70)