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DEAR GERMAN COCKROACH… 📝✍️
<p><br/></p><p>Dear German Cockroach;</p><p><br/></p><p>Small but mighty, with two black stripes on your back,</p><p>You move like a ghost when the kitchen goes black.</p><p>Crafty Oga and master of hide and seek,</p><p>You don’t need an invitation, you just show up every week.</p><p><br/></p><p>You are not like the big brown roach that flies like a kite,</p><p>Your own is to dive at our faces in the middle of the night.</p><p>You are tiny, fast, and very, very bold,</p><p>Living inside the microwave, ignoring the heat and the cold.</p><p><br/></p><p>But wait, I must ask, because the name is giving me doubt,</p><p>What is this "international" business you are even about?</p><p>If you are truly German, with a passport from Berlin,</p><p>Abeg, what are you doing in Nigeria, and how did you get in?</p><p><br/></p><p>Did you leave the cold winter to find our Lagos sun?</p><p>Or you heard our Jollof rice is second to none?</p><p>Are you looking for "Green Card" or just some eba crumbs?</p><p>Is it the heat of the tropics that beats in your tiny drums?</p><p><br/></p><p>You don’t speak German, you don’t even like beer,</p><p>But you’ve settled in Mushin and you’ve been here for years.</p><p>You are the world’s most unwanted "Oyinbo" guest,</p><p>The only unwanted citizen who failed the "Go Back Home" test.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, Haba! If you are German, go back to the Rhine,</p><p>Because this pot of soup you’re eyeing is strictly mine!</p><p><br/></p><p>- Belinda Chiazor.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ps: I’ve always been shy about my poetry, so the only time I ever posted one or two poems online, was during early Facebook days. Outside of this, the only person I subjected my poetry to was/is my bestie.</p><p>This year, I’m going to create without shame. Even if people skip them, the joy is in the writing. </p><p><br/></p><p>Above is a humorous ode to our 'uninvited guest,' the German cockroach who doesn’t even originate from Germany o. The irony. 🤭😭😩😂</p><p><br/></p>
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