Because she was beautiful
Fresh, virginous, promising
She was gang-raped
She was resourceful
With fruits upstairs, crude downstairs
And sweet magic everywhere
She was gang-raped
First by strangers
Who voyaged here
From across the big river
To pick the pods
And oil their engines
Then by her own children
Incestuous, amoral thugs
Thieves, robbers, murderers
They gang-raped her
For 46 + 50 years
Now they are celebrating.
By Ibrahim Sheme
Abuja
September 30, 2010
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