With embezzled money,
Pampered, we grew up
Fed milk, butter and honey.
We were sent
For better education abroad
To be different from those
That hail from our abode,
Even country and beyond.
The intention was
To groom us for leadership—
The well read,
While fellow children
Languishing under A curriculum
That stood on its head.
Alas, this way
We shall create
The select few –Axum,
Adwa, Shere—class
On the top leadership brass.
Since, like our Parents,
TPLF members,
To devil our souls
We have sold
For power foothold,
Creating impish digital army
We cry foul by the hour ―
TPLF is in the grave
Please US & Satellites help us
As tyrant members
We still for power crave
Please US, EU
To save our neck
Create pretext
And even if It sounds funny
—a chatter box You can say ―
‘The sheep Is gormandizing the fox.’
Abroad, flat on our back
For demonstration
Fenced off track
To gain pity
Let us try our luck.
Above all
We shall make clear
The nation we leached on
People we cared not
Whose demands
To heed
Food aid need.
We shall exploit Facebook
To get people off
The information hook
We shall tap social media
To foment animosity
Based on Ethnic & religious identity.
Foreigners with us
That tied the knot
In the media campaign
Could engage hot.
BY ALEM HAILU
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD DECEMBER 2/2021
