Milking the Nigerian Cow
If the cow is dead without the calf
Because the milk is not in the cistern for the calf
There will not be a herd
And the kingdom of cattle
Will have the future of the dead in eternal sleep
Let the cow live through the struggle for milk
The struggle continues even in our fears for the cow
Our fears abate that the guns will shoot and heads will roll
Have we not got the defence minister who is a General
And the militants are no longer military
But civil in their civilian demand for equity
The struggle continues even with IAP
The equity that justifies the worker is with us
Though we fight for future
We are neither at war nor in battle
We are inflamed to heal the wound
We are not engaged in suicide
Reminiscent of a malignant fever
Reacting to heal by boiling over
To cause a systemic halt and death
by
(c) Professor Ikechukwu Igbokwe
Department of Veterinary Pathology
University of Maiduguri
Maiduguri.
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