Discharged! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: BBC I was furious that a popular actress held a party, somewhere in Lagos, to celebrate her husband’s birthday while there was a lockdown because of coronavirus19. The government subsequently arrested the couple and they were prosecuted. I have since learnt that some of the other attendees at the party have had charges…

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Lyrics On The Lips Of Death by Tola Adeniyi

Nature could not have created you allFor nurture and vulturePerhaps so, perhaps notPuzzles of age long past Solomon there wasPossessor of all possessions possessable:Gold, silver, copper and copious concubinesMarbled Mansions of monumental measures Soon,Solomon got served to maggotsSame celebrated Solomon skewed in earth sewersSilky Solomon worshipped by the then world’sMost feared warlordsBecame just an item…

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TIME by Tola Adeniyi

In the number equation,iT is more variable than the fabledSeven stages of a man’s life. iT is Fortune’s best friend,An eternal curse, to a SorrowProlonged iT is Joy’s soul mate,An anathema to Pain,And poison to Anxiety Relish iT when you have iTFor iT yields to no mortal’s control Time belongs to EternityEternity alone owns Time…

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