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Many years on wheels
In faithful service to his fatherland
Today retires he home
And a celebration he holds
Many years has he pummeled his boozy throat
In obedience to duty rules and regulations
Today, he’ll go home a freeman
Eligible for his country’s services
“Come friends, rejoice with me
I shall booze and zoom myself home
Away from duty rules
Come celebrate my freedom”
“Early to duty tomorrow holds not,
Thirty-five years of faithful services
I’ll booze to sleep away my sufferings
Today I’ve long waited for”
More joy to send him home
A brand new car in his name
An appreciative symbol
For undented thirty years of service to fatherland
“Come friends, and rejoice more,
Joy till no more joy to joy
Today frees and makes me a king
My patience rewarded.”
And so, he boozed and boozed
Celebrating the celebration of his retirement
From faithful service to fatherland
He battled with his bottle booze
On his way home on wheels,
Booze boozed his vision and clear judgment
He boomed his brand new car
And it sent him home
Home to rest in peace.
— Chibuike Onu
Reference
Adédèjì, Ridwan. (2021). Poem: A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT by Chibuike Onu. Literature PADI. https://www.literaturepadi.com.ng/2021/04/02/poem-a-government-driver-on-his-retirement-by-chibuike-onu/ (Accessed on February 14, 2026 at 22:54)
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