22 OCTOBER SON OF S.A.R.S.

THEY DEMANDED AN END TO S.A.R.S. 

BUT THESE DEMONSTRATORS DIDN’T MEAN

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME   

AS CAUSED BY COVID-19 

THEIR CAUSE WAS TO BRING DOWN NIGERIA’S SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD  

NOTORIOUS FOR EXTORTION+MURDER OF ‘SUSPECTS’      

GOVERNMENT ACCEDES

BUT PROTESTORS SUSPECT A TRICK   

STAYING ON THE STREETS  

THEY IGNORE THE DELIBERATELY IMPRACTICAL CURFEW      

AFTER DARK

A GROUP OF SOLDIERS

STROLLS TOWARDS THE PERIMETER

OF THE DEMONSTRATION   

THE TOLL AMONG THE CROWD

REMAINS UNCERTAIN    

NOT A VIRAL ASSAULT   

STARTING OUT AS A NUISANCE    

BEFORE DEVELOPING DANGEROUS SYMPTOMS   

THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY LETHAL FORCE  

A MORBID MESSAGE FOR ALL ALIVE TO LIBERTY  

SON OF S.A.R.S. TURNS OUT TO BE   

MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE FATHER

WISHING THAT DEMOCRATIC NIGERIANS 
WILL DEFEAT THEIR AUTHORITARIANS    
YOURS TRULY    
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