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THE EVERGREEN
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THE EVERGREEN

THE EVERGREEN 


At first, fresh evergreen it was

It spells harmony, peace and food sufficiency, 

To the University graduates

The key to the offices and cars

Available they are, isn't funny? 

Soon as it ages, the green dries and it lames.


What makes the woe? War, nature, or self bite? 

Asked the cause, by the perplexed subjects. 

Always blame thee, the ministers, 

But the ebb and flow of the reign

Invisible it makes thee and

always makes thee slip off catch. 


Seems every reign, abscesses are all over the parts and 

then corrupt the whole body. 

Can the body be lost to loss? 

"No", answered, the pen. 

The ministers all are; he, she, we, they. 

Doctored mind of the 'FOUR' the 'US' and

nursing voice: repairs not in my hand lies the panacea. 


Does the symbol, green lie? No! 

Every evergreen is born from dried seeds.

The faith and hope of the pen;

As the evergreen seems still born, drying time it is, 

Untill the missing word 'OURS' is found. 

Then soon together as one, Nigeria will be green again. 


THIS IS NIGERIAN STORY. THIS IS THE TRANSITION. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PRAY FOR PREVIOUS LIFE. INDEED, IT IS ALWAYS BELIEVED THE FUTURE IS BRIGHTER BUT NOT IN THIS CASE.

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@Galaktic 23/08/2026
Nice post

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Abuja, Nigeria
I am a media practitioner and a teacher. I am a storyteller from the heart of Nigeria, raised on the proverbs, folktales, and songs of my people. I write to preserve the voice of the African elder, that tone that teaches without shouting, that corrects without condemning. My literary works are born from watching villages change, from seeing "progress" arrive with one hand and take away with the other. I believe that no people can move forward by forgetting the ground their feet first touched.

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