Comfort zone! by Adewale Sobowale

Sango can be heard thundering in the skies; Oya, winding and storming here on earth! Ogun, powering furnace in forge! Yet, we turn deaf ear! What’s more, we turn blind eye, pretending not to see! If we did see or never lost our auditory system, did we also lose our sense of speech? We continue…

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Fool’s gambit! – Adewale Sobowale

Some uncouth fellow; opens their trap; says they to a k-legged; your load’s askew! Man, tired, famished, undernourished; in exasperation, replies, look at my physique! Babies in womb; if not in apparent denial, know most of our problems; stem from the roots! With situation unfounded; human lives scattered; we imbibe petulantly; fabulous absurdities! Deceits are…

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Sparks! – Adewale Sobowale

Different backgrounds;Meet we in differing-Even if culture’s same-Timezones! Differing ages,Experiences differ,Of course, sex! We together get-Each a’old age!Dusk of life! Chums we become,Able to collate-Different experiences! Yeah, you do,I believe I do,Together we do,Make us spark! @ as 061819

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Folks – Adewale Sobowale

I’ll be twenty,You’ll be thirty,We’ll be everything,As in all things. Just a little problem,They’ll be reciting psalm.If you’ve no money,They’ll have no honey. Should you die,They’ll become a lie.Even your own children –‘Ll be unknown to friends. What’s in life?Only a lie!We go on rolling,Until we’re dying! @as 061818

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I’ve found a church! – Adewale Sobowale

O yeah!Finally, did I find a churchwhere humans are respected fortheir humanity! It doesn’t matter where they’re from;Neither does their social class matter;Their sexual preferences don’t tooas long as we’re talking abouttwo consenting adults! I believe the Saviorwill prefer such!Rather than whereliars, pretenders, globe-trottingand get-rich-quick pastorsabound! 061823

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Father’s Day… – Adewale Sobowale

Okunrin rere l’awa;Okunrin rere l’awa;Awa ntoju aya wa;Awa ntoju omo wa;Okunrin rere l’awa! We are good men;We are good men;We’re taking care of our wives;We’re taking care of children;We’re good men! Really? It can’t be argued that most societies are patriarchal. And it’s reflected in the social, political, economic and cultural structures where men are…

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Razzmatazz! – Adewale Sobowale

I get swept by razzle; Blinded by dazzle, readily forgetting where I’m standing! We’ll have plenty of potato, so says manifesto; I’m persuaded, I’ll be uplifted! While asking for votes, politicians gave loads of tons of promises and infrastructure for tommies! Not needing to be encouraged – no one could change my influenced resolve to…

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