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SURE-P

What a story we are about to read
Of sudden change, lies and half truths, please read
How on a New Year’s Day our people were greeted
Not with smiles or good news but were insulted
Here insults do not go unanswered
Not in this clime or time, it had to be answered
Men and women took to the streets in protest
Peacefully the new regime to contest
They pressed painfully and hard for 9 days long
In unison, sang a protest song
Brought thence by one need
Refused to be intimidated or bullied
Were never discouraged by the fallen
No one said victory would be sudden
Did those leaders betray, were they under duress?
In the heat of the struggle, asked us to recess
But the struggle had taken a new broadness
It had gone beyond the anticipated game of chess
The cronies appearing on No Truth Available
Proved repeatedly that they weren't reliable
In the face of this chaos were many silent governors
A clueless president, too many confusing ministers and actors
Many a tale have been told
How for 30 pieces of silver some Judas sold
More empty promises were promised
A promise was promised to keep the promised
SURE-P the solution to an impoverished people
Surely this would be different my people
What purpose hath guns in a peaceful procession?
An orderly people meeting with such aggression
The mightier declared truce despite the injustice
An anti-climax to an episode of jungle justice
A few weeks later, it is the same story we are about to read
Sudden change, lies and half truths, those we now read

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