"Ozoemena II"- Poem by Eke Kalu John

Ozoemena! Never again;

Shall time retrogress for two seasons

Nor passion prevail for vague reasons

 Ozoemena! Never again;

Shall markets be deserted

Nor phatic communion be prohibited;

Among the good and the ungood,

Nor, the leech like A B C and food,

Steer clear of their second parents

Ozoemena! Never again; shall we watch the commonweal-plunder,

And perpetually invoke thunder;

To decimate the bringer of hunger

Nor invoke fire, to fire the fire;

Of billions and trillions in naira FIRE

Ozoemena! Never again;

Shall homes be turned into prisons;

For nature made or man made reasons ,

Nor create Ninjas in all nations, 

Alienating friends and relations,

Ozoemena! Never again;

Shall the remains of the departed,remain;

In the morgues to nurse the pain,

Of torturous life without gain,

Ozoemena! Never again;

Shall we roost

 when rooster roost,

And crow, 

when it crows

For fear of the known

And the unknown!

Ozoemena! Never again!

Ozoemena! Never again!
(Eke Kalu John: 07/05/2020.

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