Venomous Tongues
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Complete Fri, Nov 2, 2018<5 mins
Venomous Tongues is a satirical poem about the corrupt nature of political office holders in Nigeria. It presents the Nigerian situation in a dining table setting in which the participants dig into the morsel (crude oil) without fear or favour to anyone.
The political leaders are metaphorically describes as wolves & predators of each other. The poem is a free-verse, run-on-line poem with no spaces for pauses used to convey the serious nature of the theme.
The themes of the poem are:
Corruption, War, Political Instability among others
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