USA Africa Dialogue Series - Alla Ahu Aku Baru (Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara

 

Scoundrels

Atop the cash bags

Perch,

Fingers

Fish in the cash bags.

Slush funds

Sneak to scumbags,

Snipers

Scurry to the observatory

Singing

"Alla ahu aku baru".

 

Snipers

Atop the observatory

Perch,

Fingers

On the triggers.

The monstrous machines

Roar,

Their infidels fall.

"Alla ahu aku baru",

The murderers murmur.

 

Waters

Of the red river

Flow,

Flooding our land.

The echo;

"Alla ahu aku baru."

 

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