It’s 5pm already And My bank account is almost as empty as my stomach and colon In fact I emptied my bowels At around 6pm yesterday So you see, I feel as empty as empty feels With just N65.40k spare. Just as in the time of Joseph the dreamer I had experienced a period of abundance Gleaning from his story, I made an effort to fill my stores like he did for Egypt In preparation of the days of lack and scarcity Those days of much stretched far and long Like I’d never see days without plenty again But indeed, those other days came Days of wants and scarcity Days of needs and nothingness. I sought refuge in my stores. Out of those stores My needs were met Over and over again And just before I ran out A period of surplus smiled upon me Again So I refilled This was the pattern But in recent times I’ve seen more days of scarcity And fewer days of abundance I ...
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