From TOR to Chereponi

By Isaac Karikari (bkkarikari@yahoo.com)

TOR

Once upon a time I talked of TOR’s debt

And prayed the cleaning of the dirt,

Fearing an imminent death.

(I am no pessimist, just a realist)

Then, though stale,

Came news of a sale.

I began to wonder if we had to sell

Because the debts continue to swell.

School Feeding

I saw Vicky’s “From Feeding to Feuding”

And wasn’t so surprised

Of the recent issues that is one of the leading.

It’s time to cater for the caterers.

They supported the cause

So help chart their course

- Hand Go Hand Come.

M & J

Did “Mabel Johnson” seduce them?

Or it was mutual, two consenting parties.

It is a mystery to unravel

The bread eaten in secret

Just turned sour, just turned gravel

We’re anticipating the thundering of a gavel.

Bribes are no rubies

Bribes only bruise

(This is not a mere play with letters)

Take One Give One

You get a ring through your nose

And your neck in a noose.

Whether it was a lot or just a few pounds

You’ve flung yourself before the hounds

The sin of the young, small and simple is sakawa

And that of the old, big and swanky is graft.

THE MEDIA

On improving media standards, Prof. Karikari spoke.

We need constant reminders because

Days like today can be “some way”

Some lights can be dark hence yielding futile searches

And some guides misleading

Even if they claim to be crusaders

So are some enquirers prejudiced

Spinning intricate g-webs in the air

Even graphics can get distorted

And not offer much insight,

Especially when the lens is blurred.

You also wouldn’t always find joy when you go on line

And experience peace

And often you find not everything

You are given is as good as gold.

In times like that you become an unwilling spectator

With nothing good to chronicle.

Thus you may as well just look yourself up in a mirror

And sit quietly as it begins to thunder.

This makes me wonder if we really have a free press

And whether there are really any true democrats?

All this badly affects how we hear, see, feel and think,

And finally act.

‘It is a dangerous thing to be right when “the actual” government is wrong’ (Voltaire)

But that is always not the case.

Shadow governments sometimes pose a greater danger and vicious threat.

CONCLUSION

From TOR to Chereponi

Rising up in arms and doing ourselves harm.

And feuding about who does the feeding

With “Mabel Johnson” in tow

We risk getting low.

There is no pride

In checking each name in the “Hall of Shame”

And concluding that it is 4 against 1

- Four umbrellas to one elephant.

I consider it a national crisis

Another problem amidst soaring prices.

We are no doubt a nation blessed,

But things like these can make us less.