{"id":1127,"date":"2016-05-07T14:52:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T14:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2016-05-07T21:27:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T21:27:04","slug":"crispy-satire-issue-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/crispy-satire-issue-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Crispy Satire (Issue 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.1.7.8 Content AdSense async --> \n\n<script async data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {\r\n\/* desktop monitors *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" 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[]).push({});\r\n}<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Crispy Satire (Issue 3)<\/p>\n<p>OUR ARMS ARE TROUBLED<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>by <\/strong><strong>Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why do we take up cudgels and stones<br \/>\nat our legislator?<br \/>\nShould we not hang our chins in our palms and pity his troubles?<br \/>\na well-meant man who spoke with the voice of god<br \/>\nand made the Jewish promise<br \/>\nto reach Hades and bring Lucifer by his tail in three days,<br \/>\nbut as soon as he entered the country&#8217;s group chat<br \/>\nour sweet well-meant man developed amnesia.<\/p>\n<p>it is not his fault,<br \/>\nthe gentleman developed amnesia.<\/p>\n<p>Oh our dear executive,<br \/>\nwhy do we set up bonfires and laugh at his pains?<br \/>\nShould we not bath our faces in burnt ash<br \/>\nand weep at his woes?<br \/>\nHe has eaten our nation&#8217;s solid account,<br \/>\nour nation&#8217;s solid minerals<br \/>\nand other solids-without-names,<br \/>\neach time he goes hungry from commandeering us<br \/>\nhe pushes a slice of our sweet nation down his stomach.<br \/>\nyou should see him in the toilet with his lenses spread on his nose<br \/>\ntrying to push down strong solid minerals from his anus.<\/p>\n<p>our excellent chief executive<br \/>\nhas developed a red pile in his anus for eating too many solids.<\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad2\" id=\"quads-ad2\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>My profound pity goes to the judge,<br \/>\nhe has exceeded all knowledge<br \/>\ntrying to spare our legislator of his forgetfulness,<br \/>\nbut every time, the amnesia grows and grows and causes dementia.<br \/>\nall morning he sits behind the gavel,<br \/>\nhoping to help the executive deliver the nation from his anus<br \/>\nbut each time he adjusts his gold rimmed spectacles to look<br \/>\na big lump of red pile stares at him in arrogance<br \/>\nwearing spectacles.<br \/>\n<img data-attachment-id=\"1157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/crispy-satire-issue-3\/12657864_538012859701247_4728165868179399314_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/12657864_538012859701247_4728165868179399314_o.jpg?fit=267%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"267,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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