DO ME SUB

Oluwagbenga Abiola
@oluwagbengaabiola322369
17 days ago

Do Me Sub

In this land where dawns bleed kobo and dusk eats hope,
Where dreams wear wrappers of holes and rope,
I send a whisper through WhatsApp air—
"Do me sub," my digital prayer.

My stomach grumbles louder than my voice,
But MTN bars give me no choice.
No bread to toast, no oil to fry,
Yet I tweet with tears, my throat bone-dry.

Naija sun scorches pockets like wild flame,
SAPA’s anthem—hunger with no shame.
We hustle likes and beg with grace,
Smiling through pain with a screenshot face.

I dey borrow data like life support,
A megabyte more—make I no abort
This small escape from wahala rain,
Where greed drinks oil and still complains.

Fuel dey lie for long queues sleep,
While politicians harvest what we reap.
They chop and clean mouth, we clap and hope,
Yet suffer tie us with rubber rope.

My belly don flat, my spirit dey round,
I go sing “sub” until blessing sound.
So, my guy, abeg, be my plug,
Let love download where sorrow clog.

For this country where network dey fade,
And future na something we never made,
One tiny sub fit mean the world—
A gig of grace in a firestorm hurled.

Do me sub, no be shame I wear,
Na survival be this masked affair.
Give me data, give me light,
To scroll away this Naija night.

Written by @Oluwagbenga Abiola

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