The Big Man Never Loses

Who ever said democracy has taken root in Africa?

Trying to import it here is like shipping ice to Antarctica!

And who said power corrupts? It is just sweet

Ask Gbagbo in the west or Kibaki in East

And of course there is that little matter of the Big Man never losing

Mathematics is a misnomer in this part of the world

You may have the most votes but the big man still has the final word

Those are just meaningless numbers to raise hue and cry over

Though to be fair it might be a cue from the Bush-Gore affair being done over

And of course the big man never loses

Was it Octavio Paz who said this thing called democracy is not like instant coffee where you just add water?

Here we have added even blood but our democracy is still in the gutter

And with friendly envoys telling us how progressive we are getting and then telling their superiors that we are as good as doomed

We do not need enemies to remind us of our gloom

And yea, the big man never loses….of course

(c)