How did this parliament of baboons
climb to the top
if not for the army of frogs
helping them along the way?
Having sold their souls for bribes,
these selfish frogs
got blind to social injustice
trampling of the masses, regardless
they kept mum and played along
for as long as they were satiated
How did this parliament of baboons
climb to the top
if not for the cluster of spiders
supporting them along the way?
Weaving webs of cronyism and nepotism
over massive control of the economy,
they paid sinful coffee money
to secure contracts
or hijack projects
regardless of expertise or experience
resulting in shoddy work
that put many lives at peril
How did the armies of ants,
the silent majority
allow them to reign the land?
The system of checks and balance
is now in jeopardy
as the baboons in power
show scant integrity
inadequate transparency
unchecked accountability
they create chaos
causing untold damage
to the lives on the ground
Isn’t it about time for the ants
to question themselves
for what they could have done
to negate the baboons
from climbing to the top?
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Cover image sourced from Berita Harian. The copyright of ‘A Parliament of Baboons’ belongs to Laila Hairani Abdullah Sanggura.
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