Trump's Reelection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI JKLLMDNOPLQRQQSTQ LUBQVBQWXYAYQZA2B2C2 QQD2QE2QF2G2QH2I2ZAZ QQ J2K2QQK2L2M2N2QO2P2H 2Q2JAP2AZQLH2Z QQG2QQQLE2| I | A |
| A trader today | B |
| Told me Trump's reelection bid | C |
| Gives him insomnia | D |
| Had he the means | E |
| He'd flown to US | F |
| And stuffed the boxes | G |
| As wicked Nigerian politicians are wont | H |
| Killing and maiming to win | I |
| - | |
| I marvel | J |
| At the interest of Nigerians | K |
| Who're here and have nothing | L |
| About what's happening | L |
| Outside our shores fret | M |
| About the polls in America | D |
| Many prayed | N |
| Some held vigils | O |
| Others held rallies | P |
| All for Trum forgetting | L |
| When it comes to ours | Q |
| They have to be begged | R |
| To obtain PVS | Q |
| And on election days | Q |
| They need to be bribed | S |
| To vote if not they'd never leave | T |
| The comforts of their homes | Q |
| - | |
| Yet look at us dying | L |
| For a candidate in a faraway land | U |
| Whose victory no way | B |
| Affects our lives | Q |
| Vanity | V |
| Afikpo people would say | B |
| The Aro man prefers | Q |
| Other people's market | W |
| To his Is the saying true | X |
| Nigerians proved it in Trump | Y |
| II | A |
| Probably Trump | Y |
| Envies African despots | Q |
| Who cling to power | Z |
| As we all cling to life | A2 |
| Maybe he thought | B2 |
| He could scuttle the system | C2 |
| - | |
| Success | Q |
| Has many fathers | Q |
| Failure is a bloody orphan | D2 |
| For even as Trump complains | Q |
| Of being rigged out | E2 |
| And his supporters made cases | Q |
| But their voices are drowned | F2 |
| As world leaders he dined | G2 |
| And wined with are busy | Q |
| Congratulating his opponent | H2 |
| Signalling to him | I2 |
| The game is over | Z |
| They wouldn't identify | A |
| With a bloody loser | Z |
| No matter who he is | Q |
| Or how wide his influence | Q |
| - | |
| The great man of the pen | J2 |
| Said the world is a stage | K2 |
| And the people are actors | Q |
| The English say | Q |
| To leave the stage | K2 |
| When ovation is loudest | L2 |
| The religious talk | M2 |
| Of reading the handwriting on the wall | N2 |
| My people would say | Q |
| If you don't know | O2 |
| Where the rain started | P2 |
| Beating you you wouldn't | H2 |
| Know where it stopped | Q2 |
| All these are for wise people | J |
| III | A |
| Trump acted | P2 |
| Like he'd occupy | A |
| The White House forever | Z |
| Made more enemies | Q |
| Than friends forgetting | L |
| That power is transient | H2 |
| And never lasts forever | Z |
| - | |
| That's why many | Q |
| Were in such a hurry | Q |
| To cast their lot behind | G2 |
| His opponent even as | Q |
| He shouted himself hoarse | Q |
| Trying to convince | Q |
| A world that's not listening | L |
| He was rigged out | E2 |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/08/2020
Poet's note: The 2020 US election attracted world attention. In Nigeria some Nigerians took the reelection of President Donald Trump personal. There were vigils, prayers and rallies organized in support of Trump. However, Nigerians do not show the same interest in the election of their own leaders. The poem decries this attitude. It also discusses the attitude of President Trump towards his loss in the election.
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