Feb 14, 2008

WHAT IF by Mwangi Gituro

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What if parliament was burnt down

Burnt down completely to the ground

The ground so that nothing is left

Left for MPs to use and misuse

Misuse and use for their own benefits

Own benefits forgetting the mwananchi

The mwanachi who placed them there

There to serve us well

Well yet all they do is sleep

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What if parliament was hit by a meteorite

A meteorite right from space

From space to intervene for us

For us who shoulder the burden

The burden of increased salaries

Increased salaries and allowances

Allowances that they never work for

For all they do is fight and sleep

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What if parliament was flattened by an earthquake

An earthquake so huge to leave no stone unturned

Unturned because we no longer see the need

The need to continue paying them

Paying them to pursue personal agenda

Agenda that has no national interest

Interest for which they were elected

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What if parliament was turned into a kindergarten

A kindergarten to take care of kids

Kids that our MPs have become

Become because of the infighting

Infighting that goes on among themselves

Themselves when they can’t agree

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What if parliament was a pig sty

A pig sty to hold 222 pigs

Pigs with nothing serious to do

To do except eat and fatten

Fatten for the slaughter’s knife

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What if parliament became a maximum prison

Prison to hold in 222 criminals

Criminals who rob in full daylight

Full daylight without flicking an eyelid

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What if parliament were a morgue

A morgue to store redundant members

Members whose expiry dates are overdue

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What if parliament was a museum

A museum to store relics of independent Kenya

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What if parliament was a chang’aa den…

Mwangi Gituro©

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