The north is a Savannah <br />The south is a sea; <br />In between there are swamps <br />And cocoa plantations. <br /> <br />The Niger and the Benue <br />Copulate at New Bussa; <br />They give birth to <br />The Kainji dam. <br /> <br />The delta has oil in its belly <br />The people are impoverished; <br />The irony is starvation <br />In the midst of plenty. <br /> <br />Our mothers say <br />It is a curse; <br />You are in a river <br />But you wash with spittle.<br /><br />samuel nze<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nigeria/
