Iseyin
Aranmo laso Iseyin ni ohunso
Aso ti aro olowo faramo olowo
Iseyin
of harried hills and skyscaping rocks
of humming hurricane and haughty harmattan
of succulent virgins and tasty lasses
of fearless fighters and valiant warriors
whose pock-marked faces tell tales of
changing seasons and fading ethos
Iseyin oro
your looms weave history of a thousand wars
and countless strifes:
a kaleidoscope of sweat and blood
of bellowing ewiri and clanging steel
that power rippling biceps on virgin plots
and drape distant hills with a curtain of lush green
of rippening grain and swollen roots
that taunt and fatten western mind
Iseyin ebedi moko
where conscripted corps rouse sleepy road
mouthing patriotic choruses with con-fidence
under the shun or in the st-rain
of howling bigles and snarling commandants
between rationed meals and bedless sheets
educated urchins recarve stunted dreams and
swap affections under the blessing of a passionate moon;
culred in a fraternity of lust
Iseyin
at sunset
a million pestles beat doughy rhythm to
the drum of seasonless soup and
fumes of fermented wine
At night
shakabula cast eerie silhouette of
compromising customs and daring smugglers
every hut,a garage
every house ,a warehouse
every trail,an artery for the systemic draining of
a giang dwarf
Iseyin oh Iseyin
so benign your sonorous throat spurn
loric tales of crushing contradictions and
mesmerising oddities
Copyright © Oyedokun Adejonwo | Year Posted 2006
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