Bad pots, bad pots ,
Bad pots everywhere!
They have quite a reputation
The have patented and practiced a million recipes
They are all so well able to do
For willing to make a statement of their prowess,
They have added a dash of generational wickedness
To many an innocent dish
Never put anything past them
They have seasoned everything
And now the water is cold but salty
Quite salty actually
They have boiled water
And I heard the taste
They have served *akara* and lemon grass
It seemed quite good on their palate
They have given hunchback
As a delectable finish to many a rice dish
Many a beans seed did not quite survive their wickedness
As they stood on the serving dish
Eagerly poised to punch the buds
Out of my palate
All on account of their dealings with these oppressors
They have made egusi
And despite their efforts
The meat, vegetables , salt and water
Fought for their independence
And successfully built their own independent colonies
All in the same pot ! *Ewo* !
They have fried rainy season
And served it with a topping of harmattan
They have fried plantain
And my eyes beheld
And prayed to be shut perpetually
On account of the unsightly finish
My tastebuds also did a double take
As they landed on them
Praying me ,
to assign them a better fate
They have mixed uda * and uziza*
Abomination !
The chilli has caused the hen to miscarry
They have also mixed curry and *ogbono*
And I died several times over
For , what heinous crime
Will they not commit
Against the soul of my tastebuds
They have dealt so treacherously with the beef
And it mobilized its own army against my buds
Even the friendly fish and chicken
Had their woes to recount
Bad pots , bad pots
Your judgement day quickly ripens
The day you will pay
For yours sins against the generation of my tastebuds
Against the humanity of my tastebuds
You rendered some homeless
Many have shifted base to my stomach
On account of your many assaults
Many have embarked on journey to extinction
To the land of no return
Bad pots , bad pots
Your judgement will not be long
Ida
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