These days, it's so difficult when you use the word "dream", as in you have or had a dream, especially after those forward-looking words from the revered Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King on August 28, 1963
Having, or reporting a dream that you had, can be problematic.
"Now he says that he is having visitations and dreams! The man must be having mental problems!"
There are some quack kitchen psychiatrists among us, who think thus.
Anyway, I had a dream - nothing as ideological as Old Major's and not a literary construct either.
I dreamed that Mr. President was making a fiery speech to the nation and this is what I heard:
"My People!
Your president is a man of peace. So, let us walk another mile together, for peace.
I have decided to release all the Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for peace.
Alas, the girls are gone for good, but by the grace of God we may be able to retrieve some of them in the near future...
I want to make it very clear to the Boko Haram people and their supporters that if this release of all Boko Haram prisoners does not result in absolute peace and tranquillity in the North East and everywhere else, I have no alternative but to declare an all-out war on the terrorists of Boko Haram"...
Some tropical landscape and then (still dreaming) it's January 2015 and there's a nationwide strike (transport?) Lots of traffic chaos.
I'm not superstitious. Dreaming is mostly the inner dimensions at work..
It looks to me that if everybody in Nigeria has a reasonably nice Christmas and the happy new year begins with hopes (dreams) of better luck for the pocket, then Goodluck Jonathan will win the next presidential election.
However, as we all know from past experience, Nigerian Security has to be extra effective during the Christmas season, since it is the time that Boko Haram is most inspired to torch churches
Over here in Sweden (no rigging) the General Elections are just FIVE days ways...
It's expected to be a peaceful, securely digitalised election with the results declared within a few hours.
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