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PUBLIC TEARS (a poem by Osho Tunde)

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(after first lockdown extension speech by Mr. President)

They drove past
The vehicle they drove carted
Some cartons of smiles—
Noodles of lockdown
Slowly they drove past
Street grew a plethora of faces
One carton to a familiar face—
The famous face of corruption
They drove past me and my brother—
The x and y in an equation
Past our cry for survival
Our hands resting on our waists
As they drove out of our misty eyes
Fear of pandemic
Overtaken by fear of hunger

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