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A darkness is falling on this  too busy, too involved world, too much involved in itself,  In our conversations with each other t here is not much substance  anyway,  as the shadows of triviality have gathered, c hoking the fire in our hearts  that we forget to celebrate those who gave substance to our life,  Fire in relationships is being extinguished,  the sun has gone out of them, Blocking the  passage for the light of love to enter and memories to be made and held easily  With the virtual stores of our memories The real store of these transactions is being shut! and in the smoke being emanated from this burning off  human relationships with humans a re being rewritten in borrowed words, and texts in smilies, in claps, and love hearts made of colour of blood! 

Yes, tomorrow, the country will move to tomorrow!!  This is what our PM had said a couple a years ago about the bright future, he envisaged for this country, and recently, he has been reported to have said, "our alliance with the United States is our past our present and our future"! What an empty hyperbole, too much noise, signifying nothing!  and don't even start me on bible flaunting Trump!!  Such meaningless chatter is  tolerated when it is a marketing slogan or a political statement  which aims to persuade rather than inform!!   The writers choose words which sound powerful but actually with not much substance.  Leaders use these words  even if these actually don't say anything new or meaningful. And the irony is, even the listeners know this but still get swayed.  That's the power of political rhetoric!!  Ethos Character - building trust, binding oneself with the people Lagos Logic - facts figures  Pathos Feelings - evoki...