Poem: THE LEADER AND THE LED by Niyi Osundare

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• The lion stakes his claim
• To the leadership of the pack

• But the Antelopes remember
• The ferocious pounce of his paws

• The hyena says the crown is made for him
• But the Impalas shudder at his lethal appetite

• The Giraffe craves a place in the front
• But his eyes are too far from the ground

• When the Zebra says it’s his right to lead
• The pack points to the duplicity of his stripes

• The Elephant trudges into the power tussle
• But its colleagues dread his trampling feet

• The warthog is too ugly
• The rhino too riotous

• And the pack thrashes around
• Like a snake without a head

• “Our need calls for a hybrid of habits,”
• Proclaims the Forest Sage.

• “A little bit of a Lion
• A little bit of a lamb
• Tough like a tiger, compassionate like a doe
• Transparent like a river, mysterious like a lake

• A leader who knows how to follow
• Followers mindful of their right to lead”

— Niyi Osundare