Subsidy Removal Poem by Tony Adah

The invincible king
Is upon the throne
Hearts of men have absconded
From their chests
And the season of subsidies is gone.

Remove all the subsidies
From the air
So that we can be asphixiated
From the water
So that we die of thirst
From the land
So that we have no habitation

Remove the subsidies from the fire and light
So that we can eat our food raw
And live in the dark
Remove it from petrol
So that we undertake our movement
With our feet in our quotidian toils

From school
So that those you rule will be illiterates
And amendable
To your high handedness
Remove subsidies
From the hospital
So that you rule over corpses

Remove it from our farms
So that the pangs of hunger
Will bite an already emasculated people
Remove it from daylight
So that we remain here
Dark and gloomy
Remove it from life
So that death can claim us all.