Poetry
Marketplace! – Adewale Sobowale
Come to market,With sellables,Plus buyables.Time matters not,To market you come.When night falls,Home you must go.It matters not,Time spent marketing,But transactions done.Some do comeFrom dawn, andDepart at dusk.Others might,An hour spend.Self fulfilmentWith impact,Are the koko! @ as 31/03/18
Learning Right – Adewale Sobowale
At their feetWhile being feed-ed! With right,not that White-Influenced history,which is oppositewhat really happenedto our ancestorswhile laboring,slaving out their sweats!Sufferingas slavesafter being sold outby African chiefs,who were influencedby mirrorsand gin andeven cowry shells.We were mis-educated!Mungo ParkDiscoveredRiver NigerYeah!African people wereNot reckoned withMadam TinubuKosoko @AS 03/04/22
Mr Squirrel – Adewale Sobowale
Kaabo! Waiting have I;While anticipating;Your annual return;From seasonal sabbatical! Kaabo! Hoping do l;Your ediblesDid last youThe snowy season! Omo ab’ile so’ro Expectant am I;Since it’s fall;Snow’s melting;Into warmy summer! Ki’le la’nu You, see I;Happy out’o cocoon;Scaling trees andJumping fences;. O ti de o Nibbling munchesSipping waterFrom streamsWelcome! Kaabo! @as 030220
Inamorata! – Adewale Sobowale
We can’t ever fightOnce love is tight.Got my matrix,From your cities.Love you to stuporFor crimes that pourOut of your navelWhich is a Babel!Commit capital crime,Simple matter of bribe.Now you’re piss poor,Palmier you were before.You whiff like ganja,Crave you more, Naija! @as 021418
Straitjacket! – Adewale Sobowale
I protest conventionRefuse to be prisonedBy societal idealsNot necessarily ideal! Believing more than ChristAt Christmas!Giving to the poorShould be everyday! At turn of new yearTurn I a new leafFor few minutesThen resumeMy old waysWhich is always! Society has set dateFor Christ’s deathAfter EasterOne can withdrawFor a yearCommitting all crimes! On Valentine’sWe’ll findLost loveTurn to lustVery…
Demoncrazy! – Adewale Sobowale
Turn by turnWe dey run.Great idea I have,Give them crumbs,They’ll worship you.Little knowingWhat you’re givingBelongs to all. Militocrazy!Khakistocrazy!Agbadacrazy!Civilianocrazy!Chopintocrazy! All na craze!A no wan craze o?OK!Peopletocracy!Massestocracy!Who is straight? If you no wan craze,Stop the gaze.Free your sense,Stop being dense.Must we dieFrom their lies? @as 021318


