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SO SORRY A SIGHT

Tosin Abegunde
Nov 05, 2026 · 1 min read

As days dissolve into nights And seasons chameleon to centuries, Our adamant hegemonic leopards Have their skins as of yesterday, unrinsed, Despite our inundating wails for change.

Among them are the a-loot-er come-raids Who, in the execu-thief council, turn scavengers; Make law breakers of our law makers; Judiciously joist our resources abroad; Leaving us to the perilous lashes of hunger.

"Police is your friend," A school of thought entreats, But in my little cloudy mind, The flashes, thunder, and rumblings Of their historic rain of anguish reverberate: "Teacher don't teach me nonsense!"

In our Parliament of idiots Are h-onion-rable senathugs: Dignified representa-thieves Who rent their agbada regalia at will In defense of their pockets. What parlia-mental-rians we have!

In this uglification spree, The fortress of the negro land Ingloriously glories around shoulder high. I wish she wears not herself out now, For she's ageing and would leave not Her domicile pigs to their wallowing, Lest this so sorry a sight lingers!

About Tosin Abegunde

Tosin writes under the name Ajekunrin of Africa — poems, plays, and essays about home, distance, and what gets left behind.

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