Those who impoverish
cannot now make flourish.
Those who hate you
cannot now love you.
Had they repented,
they would’ve been accepted.
Let them return what they stole
or else they remain amidst us a mole.
They can't hold onto the loot
and say they care a hoot
My Grampy they can't employ in SimmonsCooper
They put him over 200 million heads.
Selfishness won't allow
so far it gave them a share
They’ll say “it's good”.
A 21st-century political mumbo
jumbo
They faith a foolish decision
And put God’s name on it
They birthed a dead economy
And they now issue a rejoinder to the New
York Times
But He that sits in the heaven will laugh
at our combined folly.
In addition to being a creative writer, Opeyemi
Afeni is a lawyer based in Edmonton. He has a couple of published titles: The
Game that never was; The Difference we can make amongst
others.
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