ABUJA SUBURBS (Poetry)
Michael Linus McPatrick
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ABUJA SUBURBS (Poetry)

Michael Linus McPatrick
@mcpatrickmichaellinus764371
2 months ago

Abuja suburbs,
Abandoned like orphan.
Starved, deprived in desolation
Forsaken and left to fate,
So to fade
A complete eyesore to all
So debased and seen decayed

With nuisance value
It Inhabitants,
All exempted from amenities
As they face their reality
All that makes life, elude all
Every man,
To your tent Israel

None can blink at night
All paranoid
Trepidation and apprehension
Permeates,
Hesitancy and fear,
Their best companion

Elites in authority
So much disconnect
Creates a dichotomy and got selves
Blind to state of things.
Unsavoury delinquent,
Rule the roost
Urchins cut the shoot. Pimps
And gigolos hold the reins
Ladies of easy virtue,
Own the streets.
All ways,
A mess, so disgusting

Abuja suburbs,
Untapped goldmine
Though far from good, Yet,
Gifted and full of genius
Talents run in bloodlines
So organically endowed
Freestylers freelance freely. And
Though full of fools,
All applause their street credibility


By: McPATRICK Michael Linus
(C) May, 2026

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Bennet Leonel @leonelbennet4457
Damn. This hit me hard. I grew up in a suburb like this in Lagos and the way you described the fear at night... that part about none blinking at night got me. The disconnect from the elites is so real it hurts. But you're right about the talent too - some of the most creative people I know came from rough areas like that. They just never got a shot. Hope someone in power sees this and actually does something instead of just posting about it
16 days ago