By Alith Ayuen Kelei, Juba, South Sudan
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Gone is the expertise
When the whales swallow octopuses
When they fight, the tadpoles suffers
They have since ceaselessly continued
Continuously they have christened
Themselves the Caesars of their own sea
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Gone is the integrity
When school papers no longer speak
On one’s behalf before the interviews
Offices are now rest homes
Time slated for work is evolved into Raaha
Who is your father they must always ask
Or else who must have sent you to me.
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Gone is the professionalism
Tethered is the knowledgeable in the field
Disadvantaged by the so-called seniors
Technicality is offered to the uninformed
Letters of credit, the channels of funds
Dispatched by the few hands.
The obvious ones who own all for themselves.
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©2016 Alith Ayuen Kelei