MY HUANTANAMO FEARS

MY HUANTANAMO FEARS
Four days ago I couldn’t sleep
Three days ago I couldn’t sleep
I went to hospital but still shivering
Yestee too I couldn’t sleep
I tried and tried and tried….
Well I took some sleeping tablets
But after 30 minutes, I woke up
I was shivering and rolling
Wetin sickness be this?

It all started with a video on whatsapp
Oh who sent me this video?
You’ve done me more harm than good
I saw them sitting with their projecting beards
Oh yes, the two Huantanamo guys…
Sipping cocacola drink on Gh soil
Exchanging pleasantries with officialdom

Do you say they are going to live with us?
Do you say they are our President’s guests?
To live with him in his mansion?
Will they go to gym with him and his family?
Are you telling me BNI people will take care
Escorting them wherever they go?
And/or warning us to flee when we see them?

Or will they live independently
As ordinary free men on Gh soil
Choosing where to go and what to do
Visiting all the important places like tourists?
Boarding trotro with us from Agbogbloshie to Kaneshie
And eating fufu with snail soup with us at Las Palmas

I’m I suffering from Huantanamophobia
Huantanamotitis or terroridetaineemyasis?
Which of these is worrying me?
My doctor’s treatment couldn’t heal me
My self-medication instinct has also failed
Please those who brought in those guys…..
I mean the Huantatamo guys …..
Please help me, tell me something tangible

I’m afraid I may meet one in a corner
During a dumsor night at a huhudious place
I’m afraid they may be amoebic,
Replicating themselves on Gh soil
Through their nefarious activities
I’m afraid they will leave their blood here
Especially with their dollars to spend with Gh women

I’m afraid they may call their friends for visit
I’m afraid America will one day wage war with us
For keeping and harbouring terrorists
I’m afraid their presence will cut down tourist visits to Gh
I’m afraid my taxes will be used to feed them
And clothe such people without my consent
I’m afraid because we are in an election year!

Are my fears unfounded? Tell me, Gh officialdom
Is this act of you humanitarian or over-humanitarian
Why bring in a guest your children are afraid of?
Let them go back to where they belong
Arab land they belong, to Arab land must they go
We are afraid of them, let them go!!
And the sickness of those like me will also go

©William Boachie-Ansah. 2016/01/20