Wintry Fears! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Travelbook Agbe gbe mi dele o! Longing for abula;On aaro-hot amala;Consumed!Shedding gallons of sweat;With belt loosened! Agbe! Might not have that;Not the original;When compulsorily coated;While in Fall we waited! A kii r’ajo ka ma de’le o! Squirrels will go back;Pigeons will backtrack;Leaving son of man;His safety to plan Agbe! How I wish!You too…

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Guttersniipe! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the wall street journal They’re here again. I mean the image launderers who have been contracted by the government to clean up their mess. I’m referring to a video making the rounds in which a guttersnipe claims no life was lost in the Lekki Massacre. Good enough, he agrees the military was called…

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Odun Eegun! – Adewale Sobowale

Vote buying. Credit: the Punch May I use this opportunity to congratulate the ever hopeful people of Ogun State on the occasion of their harvesting their own rights from political spendthrifts? This is election season and politicians are busy outspending each other. Pray, what are they spending on? All those things they ought to have…

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In The Cold! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Dreams time O ba f’okun we’ri o! Even if you’re alone;You can’t be lone –ly! Depending on you;‘N’ what believes you! K’o tun f’osa w’ese! There I feel deserted;If not perverted;On a lonely island;In a no man’s land! Eni Jesu we lo mo! To pack it inside;Exception is suicide;But to run away-Land with…

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