He spoke like a superhuman
Walked like human
Clothe like human
Eats like human
So society called him human.
Society liked him
They play and tilled with him
They sing his hymn
Until they brought him to their feast
Where he sealed their mouths with his fist
A lofty fist that scope all meats
All fish all water all funds at all meets.
He dwarfed the society
And found his society in their society
His breath shattered their dreams and took their breath away
And half the society seeks to fly away.
As they bathe with the dust of their now parched land
They hate the day they first liked him
They hate the day they first sang his hymn
They searched the sky for the balm to heal their land.
[A poem about Nigeria and a 21st century leader of the country who caused untold hardship to the people. Hope Idieli genuinely decried the dearth of good leadership in Nigeria and indeed Africa]