POETRY
“The Executive Drivers,” read by Agaigbe Uhembansha.
The Executive Drivers
You drive not for convenience.
Not even because you’ve learnt to drive.
You drive to show you’ve owned a car
To sell in the worship arena
Like you sell marriages,
Brands and businesses;
Like you share fliers along with offering
Envelopes
And invite people to grace your birthday
Parties.
Instead of pointing towards the Saviour,
You point at your business venues
And logos.
You lead converts to plazas
Than to the Lamb,
You shout breakthroughs and testimonies
More than halellujah and altar calls,
You read louder, the lines on fliers
Than the verses in the book of reference,
As if you too didn’t make out the day
of the Lord, the overhanging day.
Agaigbe Uhembansha lives and writes from Abuja, Nigeria. His work has appeared in Parcham, ArtsLounge, Poetry.com, Fictionette, MockingOwl, GlobeSoup, Panoply, and elsewhere.
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