Image Quality

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My country is obsessed with image

Institutions, government, church, family.

“Looking good is good business” they say

Over here, we equate responsibility with image quality.

We were told that we attract what we look like

Instead of attracting what we are.

My aunt looks at me and says “ abeg, cut dat hair”

To them to be best qualified means to be best dressed.

In a place where appearance is far better qualification than ability

She tells me I look like death.

No wonder the police man said I was a cultist

when he looked at my hair.

Emeka the dentist is now a banker

I wonder if he inspects the teeth of customers before withdrawal.

Barr.Mike now sells road tickets

The court has a branch on road now.

Here, what you learn Is yours

What you end up being is life.