It is never too late for anyone to discover his/herself in life. Discovering this talent of writing makes me feel elated...
She was ahead of him on
The queue in the bank about
Fifteen years ago, that was when
The internet facilities have been
Introduced into the banking sector
In the island. That day there were
Many people on queue, students
Who want to pay into the school account
Some workers have just been paid
There are business persons and other
People who are in the bank to make
One or more transactions but the network
Is bad, and it seems as if there is no
Solution in sight, until they receive
Some feed-backs from the headquarter
Of the bank which is located in the
Center of the island. The air conditioners
Are working at their maximum capacity
But people are yet sweating because of
The crowd in the banking hall premises
Some have been grieved by this development
And they are shouting on the cashiers
While they shout, the security personnel
Would come around to attend to them
And for a while they would keep their
Voices down but would raise them up again
When they see something strange. Among those
On queue who have vowed not to leave
The bank except they are attended to are some
Old people, pensioners who want to collect
Out of the stipends they have been credited
With for over the past thirty-six months they
Have not received a dim from the government
Their demonstrations have yielded no
Positive results as the governors were abusing
Them that they were not prudent when they
Were working, they were not taken proper
Care of their children for assuming they had
Taken proper care of their children, they
Would have the shoulders of those
Children to lean on now that they have
Retired, but the leaderships of the land
Are talking like strangers, like someone
Who have been imported from another land
To become leader of the island because in the
Island, there are many children who have
Graduated from institutions but who are still
Being fed by their aged parents because they cannot
Secure jobs and those who tried to get
Themselves established are having hard times
Finding their feet in the business terrain because
Businesses require good capital to flourish
And live above board. Those old people, the
Pensioners were also on queue to receive the
Token that the government announces on the
Social media to have credited into their accounts
And many of them if not all, vowed never to
Leave the place until they get something out
Of the bank. They are sited while some of them
Are on their feet and they are talking in hushed
Tones among themselves. Some of them who
Have separated for long were using the medium
As period of reunion among themselves.
© 2020 OLUSEGUN
Comments
OLUSEGUN (author) from NIGERIA on July 08, 2020:
CHATRA RAM thank you
CHATRA RAM from BARMER INDIA on July 08, 2020:
interesting!
I like this poem
Nice word to use
