The north is a Savannah
The south is a sea;
In between there are swamps
And cocoa plantations.
The Niger and the Benue
Copulate at New Bussa;
They give birth to
The Kainji dam.
The delta has oil in its belly
The people are impoverished;
The irony is starvation
In the midst of plenty.
Our mothers say
It is a curse;
You are in a river
But you wash with spittle.
samuel nze
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nigeria/
