Jailed In An Uncompleted Building Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE EFG HIGJKL MEN OEOPQR| Hunger pangs shoving us | A |
| Screaming jail bandists' verdict | B |
| They have stolen our bail bonds | C |
| Same politicians | D |
| None to set us free | E |
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| Convicted in Kankara | E |
| Jailed in Kagara by the bandits | F |
| Hammering our innocence away | G |
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| We look to the cactus for a respite | H |
| Not even the rocky hills could lend | I |
| A pitying glance our way | G |
| So fiendish are the paths that carpet the thick forest | J |
| Streams we passed chorused in lullabies | K |
| Drawn from plated epitaphs | L |
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| Chefs from a sacred tribe | M |
| Hold forth in all facets of country | E |
| Their cooked broths choking us to death | N |
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| That man and country all clamped in jail | O |
| Face to face facing each other's folly | E |
| In this uncompleted building now our jail | O |
| To think of coming out of water with fire on our backs | P |
| Will it be extinguished by colonial chefs | Q |
| Who flagged off this uncompleted building | R |
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 02/18/2021
Poet's note: We are all victims of corruption and insecurity: banditry, kidnapping, terrorism, corruption. Obviously, we didn't get it right in governance ab initio.
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