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POEM: The east wind of Nigeria

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By Chijioke Churuba

There is an east wind that hisses for attention.

An east wind, that freaks to tell a story

That the trumpeters of the country

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Dare not to tell. 

A thunderous story that gathered for years

And is gathering, more and more

A story that, the young men from the east

Clench their fists, and are ready to hear

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A story that, the elderly from the east

Make their hums, and are willing to hear.

A story that, the stargazers, squelch  

And scorn at, and are not willing to hear

But, it is a story, that has come to stay,

And a story that stubbornly stares

Let’s listen to the story

And in peace, save our day.

An east wind, it is

But, no one, calls it, what it is!

Mr Churuba, an economist, retired banker and ‎Managing Consultant, ‎Sprog Consulting Limited, wrote in from Port Harcourt.

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