Talking Envelope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MLNL OPL LLLQ RLLS| The Society is mad | A |
| Rejoicing in her madness | B |
| Abnormality is now normal | C |
| Good and evil are in a wrestling contest | D |
| - | |
| Humans are no longer humane | E |
| They have lost their sense of | F |
| morality | G |
| Avarice the cancer of the heart | H |
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| The system has been punctured | I |
| With pregnant envelopes | J |
| Merited opportunities choked | K |
| By men of no conscience | L |
| - | |
| Where is the future of the nation | M |
| When dickheaded nonentities | L |
| Pilot and decides the affairs of the state | N |
| Africa is walking and crawling in democracy | L |
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| Should we fold our hands and watch | O |
| These clueless hearts are devouring | P |
| our treasury without leniency | L |
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| They have conditioned our hands and lips | L |
| Under lock and key | L |
| When we sold our votes | L |
| For a pot of porridge | Q |
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| We can change the narrative | R |
| When we caution our selfishness | L |
| And fight a just course | L |
| Unity the vehicle of change | S |
Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke
Poet's note: This poem mirrors and satires the cancerous nature of bribery and corruption in Africa, especially in Nigeria. It explores the degrees of it devastating effects both on the leaders and the led.
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