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The sap and milk of our land:
Vibrant young men
And nubile young women
Poured out in the dust
By cruel human hands…
…On the grounds of Mubi,
In the ashes of Aluu…!
We stood by and watched!
We did nothing!
Their outcries we ignored!
In Mubi, they gave their lives,
Their futures for religion (or politics?)!
In Aluu, they gave their bodies,
Sacrificed on the altar of jungle justice!
Their names shall be inscribed
Eternally on the hearts
Of those who supped with them!
But I shed tears,
Not for these martyrs
Cut off in their prime!
I weep for this land,
That has lost its regard for blood.
This land that destroys futures!
I weep for Nigeria!
meet the poet: Chikatito Jones
