A MASS WEAPONS COLLECTION DRIVE IS EXPECTED TO START IN SOMALIA SOON AS THE GOVERNMENT IS ESTABLISHED. NOW PEOPLE TALK OF GUNMAN BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY GOVERNMENT THEY HAVE. BUT WHEN THE REAL GOVERNMENT IS PUT IN PLACE AND WEAPONS COLLECTED, EYES WILL SHIFT TO THE GOVERNMENT. PEOPLE WILL TALK OF HOW EFFICIENT OR INEFFICIENT IT IS TO OFFER WHAT IT HAD PLEDGED. GUNMAN PROBLEM WILL BECOME A HISTORY AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
SWAP ME YOUR GUN, PLEASE
I GIVE YOU SAFETY
I GIVE YOU PROTECTION
I AM THE GOVERNMENT
CARRY A GUN IN PUBLIC
A CULPRIT I CONSIDER YOU
DEFENSIVE OR OFFENSIVE
WHICHEVER REASON IT IS
A KILLER I CONSIDER YOU
COME TO ME PLEASE
COME AND COOPERATE
CARRY NOT A WEAPON
I CAN DEFEND YOUR LIFE
PEOPLE FOCUS ON YOU NOW, BOY
THEY COUNT HOW MANY YOU KILLED
THEY COUNT HOW MANY YOU RAPED
THEY COUNT HOW MUCH YOU LOOTED
THEY ALWAYS COUNT YOUR CRIMES
WITH YOUR GUN IN MY HAND
EYES SHIFT AWAY FROM YOU
PEOPLE CONCENTRATE ON ME
I WILL BE THE STREET TALK
THEY FORGET AND FORGIVE YOU
YOUR PAST INHUMANE ACTIONS
BECOME ASHES OF HISTORY
LET ME SAVE YOU, BOY
LET ME SAVE THE NATION
LET ME SAVE SOMALIA
LERT ME SAVE THE CHILD
LET ME SAVE THE MOTHER
SWAP ME YOUR GUN, PLEASE
I GIVE YOU SAFETY
I GIVE YOU PROTECTION
I AM THE GOVERNMENT
Ameen!This is so uplifting, sad when you think of what's happening now in the North. Instead of embracing peace some of our brothers are poised to make life a living hell for the rest of the country.
Something must be terribly wrong with us, Abdi.
PI novel set in Manhattan during the 1980s when art galleries and model agencies were the two most glamorous businesses in the world. Dangerously well written.
Read Chapter 1 here: https://www.lit4u.com/art-and-beauty-chapter-1/
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Something must be terribly wrong with us, Abdi.
Safi