CRY IN AGONY
(For the Corp members that died recently on a motor accident)
After hard moments of seeking admission
the hustles of registration
years of frustrations
long hours of lectures and practical
the mad rush for a seat on the bus
the shanty taxi spaces
the agony of dirty toilets
the strategic 101 formula
the beating of the rain
the heat of the merciless sun
the trial of missing tests and missing results
the tragedy of failure
the hour of glory came
just a second to the launching pad
all these sufferings came to naught
the young graduates were destined by fate
their bus crashed and went ablaze…
..few survivors …all others dead and mutilated
unidentifiable at death
what a tragedy for our nation
what an indictment for the State
‘we will stop night journeys’
is all they said after shading crocodile tears
what about renovating the roads
expanding them and making them safe
God bears witness in the burnt flesh of the victims
Of the corrupt nature of the system
May those who perished be forgiven by God
May they be compensated with His bliss!
© AISHA ZAKARI 2008
September 2003
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