BILLY BUYS A BENZ

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He said he came from Wareng’

His parents name him Billy

His father owned a few acres

And he a couple of dreams

What would he do with fake dreams?

Gave up on them and staked on his son Billy

Took a loan coz he trusted in his son’s dreams

God fearing and everything a good son would be

He wouldn’t default-as the guarantor

Or better yet his dreams

Billy went to Nairobi to begin the chase

One day out of the blues he came home

Driving his own Mercedes Benz

Billy told his dad he came first in class

‘University is great

when you come they hand you pricey prices

tell Jepleting to stop seeing that bastard

tell her about university and cars

I think she likes other people’s cars

Maybe tell we have our own’

Mused the old man sipping his chang’aa

Billy has car- children scream as the Benz leaves dust behind

He told his ageing dad he was going to see Rachel

‘Whatever you want my son’ he said

He wanted to tell her his was the best box

Rachel’s idea of Billy is of a brother

Billy has enough sisters to call him brother

He wants more than being a brother

He wants love

Perhaps start a family, have kids

Beautiful kids….he muses as he reverses out of the petrol station

Rachel knows Billy well, he seems intelligent

A good man, a man of God

Good hearted, she tells him her plans

He tells her his, but it doesn’t seem to buy a car

So soon, maybe in the near future

Rumour has it that he has a godfather

Perhaps a prominent politician

Who charms university students with expensive gifts

To buy their loyalty