Gone Forever
...I wish I could turn back the hands of time
To the days we cooked jollof rice baptized with thyme
While waiting for maami to come from market
Where she has gone to shop without basket
It is still ...
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Categories:
abiola, absence, deep,
Form: I do not know?
Polithiefcians Are Here Again
...Polithiefcians are
here
again
The
polithiefcians
here
again with guns
The blood of
innocents
about to be
flowing again.
In the silent
breeze mouth
about to stop
chewing
And body...
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Categories:
abiola, satire
Form: Free verse
Magical Being
...Wonder why I never fell?
Go down but never drown?
Why a smile is always painted
On my beautiful cheeks?
You reason as to why
My hearts sings always
Gracious hymns
And not songs of sorrow.
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Categories:
abiola, friendship,
Form: Blank verse
Leave Us In Peace
...Rearing its ugly head
Struggling to take shape
The nincompoops’ have arrived
Yes, truly derived
The hyena’s abound
The terrain advanced
Abacha again?!
Leave us in peace
Abiola-like ears
When withou...
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Categories:
abiola, angst, death,
Form: Ballad