Six Deadly Sins

He kept at it,
and woke up a band of hoodlums 

Observing the ways of the moon, 
calling Jane like a fool, 
looking late for school, 
missing cake for food, 
sleeping eight by noon,
weeping for a new wave in the loo

Ademola kept at it,
and a moll lurked in fairness
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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