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 </div><p>In scramble of parties for the public purse,<br>
money becomes election_<br>
and duties are forsaken.<br>
Yes! Our husband abdicates his onus,<br>
now they say he’s an imbecile,<br>
some say he don craze before before,<br>
perhaps, he has gone mad again,<br>
or, he was always mad,<br>
but, are we not to blame!</p>
<p>Money becomes election,<br>
the wig is replaced with a hat,<br>
the gavel’s voice becomes hoarse,<br>
cause it is termite infested.<br>
The house is divided like a loose broom,<br>
yet, prepares tomorrow’s shopping list.<br>
And who are we to raise a brow?<br>
Didn’t we put our kinsman there?<br>
Or did money not become election?!</p>
<p>Money becomes election,<br>
the eagle is on a leash,<br>
grown bald like a vulture,<br>
also has bad sight,<br>
always scavenging for leftovers of lions,<br>
Dogs too become sycophants,<br>
wagging tails for trifles,<br>
and bark only to flash their dirty fangs!<br>
The home is left unguarded,<br>
looters to the rescue!</p>
<p>Money becomes election,<br>
their rod and staff ceases comforting,<br>
yams no longer sprout in heaps,<br>
labourers sweat on empty bellies,<br>
the town crier’s gong seized,<br>
only to announce biased details,<br>
like, “he’s arrived from London”…<br>
our investment was wasted_<br>
the moment we cashed out!<br>
We voted money in the election!</p>
<p>We’ve cast our bangles again in vain,<br>
days remain hot and hazy,<br>
and nights numb and moonless,<br>
certificates clutters the street,<br>
geniuses fade away unknown,<br>
while fools feed and fatten_<br>
at the expense of our impoverished pockets,<br>
tragedy romps in our bellies<br>
and lulls our heart,<br>
for all have seen and felt a shot of it’s gory!</p>
 
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MONEY BECOMES ELECTION by Oluwaseyi Olatunji
