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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
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Reference
Team, LP. (2024). Poem: “New minimum wage” by Gbemisola Adeoti. Literature PADI. https://www.literaturepadi.com.ng/2024/07/08/poem-new-minimum-wage-by-gbemisola-adeoti/ (Accessed on August 26, 2025 at 21:47)
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