Poetry

The mosquito sat still on the wall. I saw it immediately NEPA brought back light. Both of us had spent the last four hours of the sweaty night playing hide and seek. I knew it was inside the room.It could not hide its hum. That’s why it’s a mosquito, a useless being, without an iota…

You’re in chains; Naija in pains, Of malgovernance! Rulers in a dance! Won’t last ‘ever; People’ll say never! At some point; Girding their loins! Just you endure; People’ll’ve had ‘nough! Of this military- Imposed flattery! Eni eegun ba nle; Ko maa roju! Bo se nr’ara aye; Lo n r’ero orun! @ as 081719

From sakusaku dandy;It became sakisaki dadi!Cinemas may have length;All will duly end! Gave it tenacious hope;Held with tiny rope!‘Twould be better,With the weather! Foolish had we been;Lessons did we learn!When comes another morn!In a yet to be seen moon! We would realize –People do die… @as101019

Okere, bayi ni’wa re; No-one was warned,Of your impending flight!If you had,We would have – Okere O, bayi ni’wa re! prepared you foryour seasonal getaway!We’d have stockedcocoons with essentials! O ba’fa mu’le, o da’fa! Winter approaches!So long, skimpy clothesand corsetless cleavages!Welcome dull jackets! Okere O, bayi ni’wa re! @ as 092620

Had they known?They wouldn’t have daredtampering with commonwealthmaking have-nots’ caseseven worse! Had they known?They wouldn’t have beenbereft of ideasof making poor, ordinary peoplehave sense of dignity! Had they known?They would have providedmost basic of amenities!So they won’t be dying abroadwhile on medical excursion! Had they known?They wouldn’t have removedmoney from public tillfor their children yet-unbornbecause…

Unbelievable’s happening; Instead of building global perpetuity; we’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History? even if he gains victory; With environmental degradation; arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination; resulting from destruction; of obliterated villages and cities; by modernized savages! All is now set; for uninhabited planets! Solid city walls; must…

It’s everywhere, Over years, Not only political, Also is physical, Could be emotional, And, also mental, Strange philosophy! Like play, like play, Rag has become cloth, We never refused, Tattered clothes to wear! Seen as abomination, In lands that were, relatively insignificant! Shamefully happens at our very doorsteps!! Scariest of crimes Happen with levity, who dares…