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The ‘Dot’ and the Sloth

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By Chudi Okoye
November 21, 2022

The big shot who called us a ‘dot’
From his spot in blighted Aso Rot
Is now caught in a demeaning squat
Wasted and become but a naught.

In our history he’ll be seen as a blot
A sloth who, with his vile Fulani stunt,
Left the nation cleft and distraught
Fraught, taut and in a debted knot.

He leaves with our realm in real brunt
A hobbled giant with a deep grunt
Needing one to heal it that is hot
Who may well emerge from the ‘dot’.

Oh, how great the day if the ‘dot’
Comes in to clean up after the sloth.
If, we pray, such a deed is wrought
The sloth will, finally, connect the dot!

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