An agitation for the general good

A just cause for the youths

Powered by the fingers of middle class kids

And the anger of a nation

Reeling from hunger

Governance induced and Covid bred

A quest for Police Reforms

A final repose for the dreaded SARS

Citizens spoke with a single voice

Give them what they want

 

Elders beamed with pride

That their toils  are not all wasted

The generation of the Lazy

Standing up for a good cause

There is hope for the future

It all seems so easy

Street protests turned to street parties

Celebrity endorsements and celebrity sightings

A carnival like atmosphere for family outings

For photo shoots and media mention

Hungry youths found succor

Free music to move the limbs

And electricity to charge phones

This is the youth revolution

 

Backwoods boys look with envy

At an opportunity not to be missed

From the riversides of Amukoko

To the hills of Akoko

Youths scurried like flash floods

To be counted in the # game

EndSars and EndEverything

Twitter is on fire  as IG looks in envy

A youth led revolution

Mentioned in hushed tones

 

Like a train that veers off its track

An opportunity for rebirth

That enjoyed near national consensus

Was Lost to a penchant for going overboard

And the street cred test

Was Lost to Streetwise men

And the Street cred became our street hell

As the fun parties turned to hellish bonfires

From Orile to Benin City

Surulere to Obigbo

Fire, fire, fire, fire

There is fire on the mountain

Fireworks at Lekki Toll

Massacre, deaths or no casualty

Another crisis mismanaged

 

Like Independence Day fireworks

The sky is lit  with sparks of lightening

Night through to Days

From TVC to BRT

From Calabar to Yola, Aba to Abaji

Police on the run, stations in flame

Police arms in strange hands

Area boys turned DPOs

Black lives no longer matter

 

Carcass of warehouses everywhere

Public, private and hybrid

People scurrying everywhere

Looking for palliatives

Private homes and public Estates

Receiving baptism of fire

 

There is quiet everywhere

There is fear on every mind

Twitter handles on recess

A golden Opportunity for rebirth

Lost to misguided antics

Of leaderless leadership

And the burn-burn spirit of street thugs

Stored venom of street urchins

Let loose upon innocent entrepreneurs

The sweats of years past

Torched in an orgy of needless rage

A golden opportunity

To paint the  beautiful picture

Of a beautiful  future

Postponed to a pregnant future

 

 

October 28, 2020