Thank God, Air is Still Free!
Assuming air is a commodity like water, found in different quantities at different locations. In a country like mine, how would it be distributed? There will surely be serious shortage because even with a dam, Water is not sufficient, Electricity is epileptic Fish is inabundant But flooding is most welcome Environmental degradation is rampant And huge sums of money, by way of visible abracadabra, disappear into private purses, pockets and personal possessions. We are a people who take pleasure in lack amidst plenty Assuming air is fuel, gas, kerosene or any of the derivatives we have in abundance In a land like ours, how much of it can an individual have? Of course, we have dysfunctional refineries In God's Name, how does one build, not just one referinery, but many of them With huge sums of money, only for every one of them to break down To the point of no "mmekwatalism?" All we get is stories, always from reliable sources on conditions of anonymity And I ask, what is wr