By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D.
“Ex-president President John Rawlings has criticized the ongoing prosecution of
former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo. Describing his prosecution as “abduction” the
ex-president minced no words in expressing his utter disgust in the prosecution of
the deposed Ivorian leader” (Ghanaweb, Dec 4, 2011).
JJ the agency of abduction
The vulture in a dance
Of innocence
Of holier-than-thou
Still it is the bird of prey
Swaggering
Swaying
Sashaying
In a dance of innocence
Staggering
Sauntering
Spluttering
JJ is still a bird of prey
JJ the agency of abduction
Like the Vulture
The innocuous vulture
That cleans its gory beak
Preens its bloody feathers
After harvests of violence
JJ, the man-child
Of gory amnesia
Of megalomania
Of sanctimoniousness
Of diversity of chaos
Tells us about abduction
Like the preying vulture
Sanctimonious in flight
Ah! Self-righteous
Ah! Hypocritical
Ah! Pretentious
The man of prey
Praying on abduction
The abductor’s disgust
JJ’s “UTTER DISGUST”
These absurdities of JJ
The arsonist with water
Poised with a water hose
Poised to water-hose fire
Listen to JJ the abductor
Foaming at the mouth
Foaming on sanctimony
Echoing abduction
Abduction in the graves
Of Afrifa
Of Yeye Boy
Of B. B. Bismarck
Of Odeefo Asare
Of the Judges
Of all the abducted
JJ, the man-child
Of amnesia
Of megalomania
Of sanctimoniousness
Like the vulture
Self-righteous
Holier than thou
Ah! Hypocritical
Ah! Pretentious
The bird of prey
JJ, the man-child of amnesia
Like the vulture
Sanctimonious in flight
Self-righteous
Holier than thou
Ah! Hypocritical
Ah! Pretentious
The bird of prey
That soars like a swan
In clouds of innocence
Like the bird of prey
That prays on preying
That soars above its prey
Like the vulture
The bird of prey
Preens
Cleans up
Saunters
Swaggers
With feet twirled
For a dance of gaiety
Soars above its prey
Soars with grace
Dancing in the air
On winds of innocence
JJ the agency of abduction
The vulture in a dance
Of innocence
Of holier-than-thou
Still it is the bird of prey
Swaggering
Swaying
Sashaying
In a dance of innocence
Staggering
Sauntering
Spluttering
JJ is still a bird of prey
JJ the agency of abduction
*Akadu N. Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained oral
historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in Pennsylvania with
her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college in Maryland. In her
pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist hyperbolic, satirical”
poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com
