By Dr Bate Besong

In our ‘White Collar Delinquent’s Democracy’

Where the monopoly of power is

the birthright of those

who get it by crook

and the state apparatus is

and instrument of personal vendetta;

elections are won

under the ogogoro of

Monsieur Chirac’s distillery

Many southern Cameroonians have been misled by

their opinion;

their wrong ideas have warped

their judgement

They want to count the raindrops or

the sand along

Victoria beach

They refuse to change, to be converted.

Tadpole armies and their Brigadier Generals will

realize the self-appointed

Commanders-in-chief are nothing

more than the works of human hands

Everything made by racketeers of power

will decay and perish, along

with the thieves who made it.

The people who build the world are the ones

who do not follow the example so the kokoro insect

feeding fat

under the leaf of

the vegetable

Wounds can be

bandaged and insults can

be forgiven,

but if you betray a

confidence it is hopeless just

as thieves will suffer disgrace freelance mutants

of power will suffer severe condemnation

The lord Mayors of the Ewondos died and all he then

possessed are flies worms and maggots

Injustice, arrogance and wealth cause federations

to fall from

power and others then rise to take

their place

The Sultan of ‘‘Go-if-you-don’t like it-here’’ is despised

while he is on the throne think

how much Ahmadou Ahidjo’s corpse will be flogged

in it’s Re-unification Qui-or-

Yes caskets; Where thieves will wander in and help

themselves

No one should ask why things are as they are

These questions will be answered at the right time.

August 31, 2006 at 10:37 AM