It Is A Country Of Cuckoo Hullabaloo

It is a land of commotion

It is a land of confusion

It is a land of corruption

It is a country of upside down now

Many people forgot what happened two days ago

What took place under the reign of General Bozo

It seems that the people forget easily

Or that they can't remember too many

Things. A lot of events occurred countless nights

When the land had an Emperor, a King and Knights

The people are too emotional, too wacky, too yakkity

Too gossipy, garrulous, obstreperous, lax, callow and naïve

These are few reasons why we’re not taken seriously

The people must grow now, they must mature today

While the sky is murky, serious, turbid, gloomy and gray

Everything must change immediately

Too much chaos, too much junk, too much repression

Too many bad words, too much destruction

The people must grow up fast like Tyson chicken

Everyone in the country deserves and must have a better life

Too many murders, too much annihilation and oblivion

Too much kidnapping, too much conniption and raft

Too much old news, too much anger and theft

The people must think and fully comprehend the Constitution

Things must finally be good and pleasant for everyone

The people must choose good leaders who will not pimp

The people must vote for an upright chief who is not a wimp

Tomorrow must at last be better, rosy and decent for everyone.

P.S. Translation of ‘Se Yon Peyi De Galimachya’ by Hébert Logerie.

Copyright © July 2021, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved

Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.