Quiet Storm! by Adewale Sobowale

Like a tiger;With quiet anger!Stealthily and silently;Till it’s timely! Biding their timewith magazine smiles,frustrated they are,because they lack! Land of plenty;Many are thirsty,masses kwashiorkoredsince they lack nurture! Oblivious of mass suffering,few haves go partying!Our Rome is burning,powerful are fiddling! Who’ll prevent quiet stormfrom its snaky venom?Solution very pedestrian:Masses should dignity earn! @as 060125

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Day of Pentecost in Church!

The other day, I was bragging about my proficiency in the Yoruba language when I was in the junior forms in secondary school. I hardly knew my nemesis was nearer than I thought. So on Sunday, we were asked to read some lines of the Lord’s Prayer in church. When the chairman of the church’s board told…

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Razzmatazz! by 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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