,
The year we all envisaged
The pinnacle of visionary promises
The glib tongues of our official authorities
The season of actualizations
,
It came
It is going
Those brimful dreams, fantasies and promises
Man meaningless to time
,
In 1993, we heard it
It will be the year of blueprints
Education for all
Schemes for paradisiacal dreams
,
In 1999, we heard it
Even after the democratic misadventure
To the trumpeting of the seven agendas
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In 2007, we heard it
Truncated by the poison of Aso
We rode on the goodwill of fate
Believing these official proclamations
Will serve as soothing prescriptions
,
Now the ashes of hopes are burnt
Like worn out dreams soaked
In tattered dreams of mad men
Waiting for when they will be given senses
,
Vision 2020
Was promised
Hungers will be eradicated
Plates will be filled
Electricity will be constant
Education will be free
A listless list of promises
Failed promises
Ala sacrificed promises
,
Alas, vision 2020
Still came to fruition
It came
In plagues crushing not just a nation
But, the universe
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