samuel nze - Nigeria

The north is a Savannah
The south is a sea;
In between there are swamps
And cocoa plantations.

The Niger and the Benue
Copulate at New Bussa;
They give birth to
The Kainji dam.

The delta has oil in its belly
The people are impoverished;
The irony is starvation
In the midst of plenty.

Our mothers say
It is a curse;
You are in a river
But you wash with spittle.

samuel nze

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