Subu Sere! Free-Fall!! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: slideshare Yinyin nda! Were I prophet;Lotteries and bets;Will specialize on;They’re novel turns on! Sere ninu Ile! Rites of passage;Didn’t I presage?Sent me from city;Was I liver- lillied! Ma wo nu re! A whole six feet;Doesn’t matter to it;No respect for length;And, down I went! Ki aso re! Protecting my cell;From getting wet;And, down…

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Mephibosheth! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: goodsalt.com Few books have multiple importance. The holy bible is one of them. It is a book of spiritual, historic and religious values amongst others. I deliberately mentioned religious and spiritual because it is possible for one to be religious without being spiritual. The story of Mephibosheth is recorded in the second book…

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Kabie O Si! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times I hear Twitter says it neither knows Buhari nor the country he governs! In the Murtala/Obasanjo days, everybody that mattered knew Nigeria. In fact, if Nigeria coughed, the whole world would shiver. Those were the finest days of Nigeria’s foreign policy. The USA, UK, etc were all ‘begging’ to be in…

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Òkú ń Sukún Òkú! Nearly Dead Mourn…!! – Adéwálé Ṣóbọ̀wq́lé

Photo credit: Getty Óṣe ó pọ̀ World remains mystery;Tick tock remains a licker;Evil doers remain;Good ones harvested! Mo ti r’Ògùn lọfọsọ Almost dead mourn;And inter dead dead;If they knew;Bothered wouldn’t they; Yéèpà Masses kowtowing rulersKnowledged says worldBig ball isWhich goes round! Mo ti r’Ọ̣̀sà lọ̣ fọ̣sọ̣! Yeah!It isFor havesLiving in comfy! Ìgbì mo délé mi…

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Two Wrongs! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch Some are of the belief that since African governments generally oppress the average African, we shouldn’t expect Blacks to be better treated the world over. I see that argument as pedestrian. My stand is two wrongs can’t ever make a right. By the way, although Africa remains the root of the…

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Remembrance! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Shuttle A king that rules and every damn thing is okay and one who happens to be the father of disorganization have one thing in common and differ in one thing! Both will be remembered. But while the former is remembered for his sterling performance, the latter will for ever be remembered…

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Let’s Go! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: freepik Machines of industryMust be made greasyBy the labourOf poor vapour-Emitting third worlders,While the ordersAre being enjoyed,Their ladies being toyedWith by their shylockRulers, who should hemlockHave taken. But forPeople lacking in force.Chase the bastards!E le awon alakora!Let them know,That we knowWhy they are cheating,While we’re bleeding. @ as 27718

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