Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Introductory Note:

Yesterday, January 14, 2026, I had the honour of engaging with a Professor and ASUU veteran that lasted exactly 1 hour and 27 minutes. The session was so electrifying that, immediately following the call, I offloaded, on my notepad, the positions into an outline and subsequently produced a poetic replication of the outline, for my generation.

I am sharing both the thematic outline and the resulting poem below. It is my hope that the academic community finds this poetic "simplification" of these critical issues worthy of a seat within our citadels of learning.

Thematic Outline

I. Macroeconomic Interdependence and Imperial Hegemony

* The psychological and fiscal tethering of the Naira to the USD....