THE NEW DEAL

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

For God’s sake
Don’t be apologetic
Just go right ahead and say it
Shout it if you like
You don’t need the priest or your father
Lest so the Head of State.

It’s not suspicious– not at all
But you can’t compare it with
The dirty, stinking, oil-filled gutters of the capital
Or the poor impregnated comic sofas of the palace.
It’s is a new world out here
A new world order
A new deal.

Copyright 2010