Poem: “New minimum wage” by Gbemisola Adeoti

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New minimum wage

In a fairy land 
where dearth haunts 
the teeming folks, 
there, mouldy milk 
flow in few throats.

Once upon an age 
thundering bellies demand 
more crumbs of porridge 
and pint of lemonade 
upon such craving 
said the benign king: 
"growers must grub — yes 
millers must munch 
but to be fed 
and well fed 
the palm tree field 
they need to weed"

Behold new minimum wage 
and hum age-long dirge.

— Gbemisola Adeoti

SOURCE:  Naked Soles by Gbemisola Adeoti

Further Reading:

• Ambush | A Poem by Gbemisola Adeoti
• Content Analysis of Gbemisola Adeoti’s “New minimum wage”

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