The fourth Republic has been filled with melodramatic moments
Of the Awada Kerikeri Orchestra ontology
From the stomach infrastructure
Ably display in so many ‘opa eyin’ pharmaceutical junctions
To the special invitation to egusi compliant round of pounded yam
And unceremonious removal the following day from the chair
Even way back to the mouth organ of the NRC era
And the Buoda from the Source
Gluttonously hold corns in both hands
Leading to the gallant loss in the gubernatorial election
Then the Ajekuniya maestro groundnut selling spectacle
All the way to his tree climbing expedition
And eventually kicked out from the ‘den of thiefnators’
To the two ‘jolly’ brothers of corn fraternity
Bestriding the streets of ancient Benin kingdom
In a corn eating solidary
To the amazement of the man not anointed by the godfathers
Who has now turned corn eating to a bitter rivalry
With one fallen off politics of power
And the other from the power of politics
Sending clear messages to and sundry
Perhaps reminding us yet again that
No corn-dition is ever permanent
As public corn eating has become a curse
NRC lost, Buoda lost, Oba lost, Oshio lost
All to the corn of the matter.
©TheVillageBoy