Elegy To A Crippling Nation

ELEGY TO A CRIPPLING NATION

Although it deserves no dirge yet,

I foresee its abysmal end

Having conferences with clairvoyant argurers

I have no doubt

Of its imminent downfall..

Walking through its stinking streets

Ornated with filthy garments

I nod my head in pity's pithy

Remembering in retrospect

The undone years of boom.

Sneers and frowns are my people's lot

Amidst rancorous loot

From the payers' sweat

Dripping into the leaders pot.

Obscure principles and unfounded policies

From all corners of government

Breath-taking and suffocating decisions

To further cripple the economy.

In eager anticipation,

We lie await for karma

To end our further ail

Plied through all fruitful sectors

To all potential citizens.

Its story of befallen calamity

Inspiring its critical state

moves my pen to mourn

Before its final breath.

Hence I dedicate this elegy

To the obituary of sucking tapeworms.