AWO MUSEUM
Akeem Lasisi
Truth was once imprisoned here
At the height of a mad scheming for the country’s soul
The Sage was once imprisoned here
With all his foresight and bottomless mind.
When they could not match his brainpower
That made the West the leading light
They turned envy into an art, forged falsehood into a palm frond
Wove an intriguing basket of beautiful lies.
To decorate the house they built on sands
Firstly they tied their plastic consciences
Before they tied the culpable hands of the apex wig
Awo was once imprisoned here
Hope of the poor, light in the tunnel
Seer without a divination chain
The best president we will never have.
(From Phenomenal Lagos: 50 Monuments in the Centre of Excellence, by Akeem Lasisi and Kabir Alabi Garba)
