A Tall Throat Poem by Tony Adah

Greed lives in the
World ancient and new
It was greed for amala
That gave the dog its black nose
From touching the hot type
It was greed that
Blinded the antelope's eye.

It was greed that balded
The goat's knee
From squating to steal
In a farmer's barn
Greed is the bane
Of my country's development
From the affluent few
Reaping from our humming rigs
Of oil installation
Onshore and offshore.

It is greed
That kills a crowd
Of excited people
About a loaded tanker
Of motorized spirit
Swallowed by flames
In an accident scene
And greed is
Always at last a regret!