Ransom Account Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIJ KJLEIM NIOLI PQRST| Dedicated to Bulama Cartoons | A |
| Saw a cartoon | B |
| By Bulama my friend | C |
| And thought it good | D |
| And worth sharing with you | E |
| - | |
| A man ready for a trip | F |
| Sat behind the wheels | G |
| As his wife bade him farewell | H |
| You may use all the money | I |
| In the 'oza' other account | J |
| - | |
| But please don't I repeat | K |
| Don't touch the consolidated Ransom Account | J |
| Why You ask Exigencies | L |
| As he made the journey he knew | E |
| He may like Uncle Jonah in the fish's belly | I |
| end up in the den of kidnappers and robbers | M |
| - | |
| Who run the roads as the lion runs the jungle | N |
| The ransom account would come handy | I |
| To negotiate his freedom for even the police | O |
| Soldiers and government functionaries | L |
| Pay ransom or mortgage to hoodlums to move about freely | I |
| - | |
| Who then is the son of a bloody 'talakawa' | P |
| That he'd not make arrangements in advance | Q |
| For his release for as my people say | R |
| The chicken with stunted legs begins the race | S |
| Against rain early enough long before the rains Start to avoid being drenched | T |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/30/2020
Poet's note: "Ransom Account" is based on a cartoon that a Facebook friend drew where a man who was travelling told his wife not to withdraw money from a special account they kept money for the payment of ransom in case anyone of them is kidnapped.
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