Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- Fingers are burned but...

we keep going there. Why?

Is it so entrancing we can't look

away or run away? Or we are naive?

Is it love, for they claim it blinds?

Is it affectionate or vile?

A blessing or a bane?

It's a borrower's blessing

when the debtor dates

a rope around their neck.

It hands the dating debtor

a cash cable with which to

strangle oneself. What liberty!

Which giant bank acts

like a raider in Africa?

It relishes ripping open

the banks of our rivers.

Should we fault it? Why?

Loaded with funds, it lures.

Is it not chic and amatory?

Its terms are compulsory.

Are its arms fond or abrasive?

Dreamy, it decoys and dances.

It expresses, enfolds and enforces.

Like a lover, some mistake it f...