Akinsimoye Samuel Omoniyi Poet Dramatic Verse

World Apart In One

For them:
	TGIF! It’s weekend;
	The ATM vomits its cods,
	Unwinding at the bars,
	The cinema’s got a blockbuster!
	Yes,…pizza… barbeque… red wine…chicken…
	…come on, keep the change girl, it’s weekend!

	Campuses empty for “World-Trade-Centers”;
	Hey, Two nights, Sunday’s off…your bill
	…turn on the gen. set boy! It’s weekend!

For us:
	We wake to trader’s knock,
	Farmers got to make thousand heaps,
	Laundry man washes his palms off,
	Bar attendants serve till time is still,
	Prostitutes, pounded for few pounds,
	‘Big brothers’ rob us to pay our bills,
	The maid knocked out without recharge;

	Labourer needs refill:
	“Malt?”
	“No…three coooold pure water”
	“And wetin?”
	“And, ehn…one groundnut.”
	“Finish?”
	“Add one bons biscuit,
              Put am for nylon”
              It’s glaring why;
              Their WEEKends earn us WEAKends!

At our homes,
“We’re fasting today[no prayer point]”
“Idiot children! Drink water and be fine”
“Go meet your mother!”
“Are you blind?”
“Turn off the lantern, tomorrow’s Church…”
… and so is our weakend!

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Beata Agustin November 30, 2024 at 9:45 PM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.