Poetry

doodle     Verb: scribble absentmindedly 1: to make a doodle 2: DAWDLE, TRIFLE Doodle    noun : an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch  also: a minor work

Fast for forty days,Masses fast everyday.Awe ti b’awe nle,Biribiri gan la ngba! We already spent,Without being sentAeons in fast,Cos we lack. So when you sayWe must pay,Through fasting,We are smiling. Already we’re hungeredCos we ponderedOver nothing to eat,We have no wheat. We are prayingWhile picking,The left oversNot to be picked by others! Dikko was prophetic!…

Photo credit: Daily reality 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

“Àdèwalé ọlọ́rẹỌkọ MúìbátùÌwà rẹ wù mí oKáàbọ̀ ṣé dáda lo déAdewálé ọlọ́rẹ.” Even, before I came to be:I had known her:Sweet, caring, tender,and winsome to behold!My paternal family knew her through songs!Her song was always sung to me!She never naggedNeither was she ever jealous!Her family never asked for bride priceSince I never met them!In fact,…

Phubbing: the act of ignoring someone you are with and giving attention to your mobile phone instead. Source: Cambridge Dictionary

oyez : imperative verb Used by a court or public crier to gain attention before a proclamation oyez: noun  Plural: oyesses

Photo credit: Shine Your Eye Hell into paradiseAir-con ‘ll be there .We’ll build bridgeLagos to London. Cunny man dieCunny man bury amWho no know go knowWho no sabi go sabi. We love youJobless will getA zillion nairaJust vote us. Cunny man dieCunny man bury amWho no know go knowWho no sabi go sabi. Your roads…