STRIKE

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The people are on the march again
dotting every corner
women, children, peasants
they perch at every rung of life
like dark ravens and vultures
whiten with sickness
blacken with death

 some say its recession
others say its corruption
so we wait
for the government
us, the student
the professionals
for who's to blame?

 stalls closed
students at home
tools in sleep mode
machines still and cold
the workplace now a quiet hollow

 but the struggle continues
aluta continua
power consolidation
people retinued
dusk to dawn we work
labouring as sweat streak
our undulating bodies
longing forever for payday.



Author: Shobo Mayowa

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