harsh judgments abound
transactional conditions~
such friendship I shun
Greenland not for sale
but Abo big Chowcha is
do you think that's so
may Allah bless him
one of my father best friends
great friendly person
I've been me ,
A meepy child accused of crafts .
Tangled in my sleep ,
For waisting time ,
Loved the errors at cloud nine .
And still I made it with no trial.
I've lived in the upside down world ,
Where each dream was taken for word ,
Graded was for worst ,
Still I am an agent on quest ,
Posturing those of abo gogo
Imfihlo zi'mnadi zabo Khokho .
I am still me here undying ,
Judged from my peace when snoring .
That I am for one pictoring .
What I wear is problem to all ,
What I eat is a disgrace to the wall
For I am answering my greatest call.
I owe you no theory ,
I am the one whose heart is drained ,
Whose eyes are dried ,
Whose moods take charge ,
And I am telling you .
I didn't choose this path ,
For my fate was choosen long before the birth of me .
IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
It always came to him as a new day,
He never came to that thought,
Time, weeks, months, years passed on,
Friends never changed or separated (friends bond),
Situations never showed future expectations,
It is today not yesterday,
And a lonely soul mumbles off,
‘’IT COULD HAVE BEEN’’.
Evolution takes it,
He/she, they, us, move around,
Its sunny days in its world,
Theirs it is monsoon periods,
They have joy; loneliness is the drink to cheer on,
It is it that the soul cries out loud for,
Screams of,
IT COULD HAVE BEEN still spreading around.
Life it is it that determines our next move,
Judge or judge not,
Be friends, have fun but our tomorrow might be different,
Rwanda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, USA, Europe is our residence for now,
Ejo nzaba ndi ahandi abo twarikumwe suko mbanze,
Text me, contact me or send a letter,
Let what it was never change for separation- it’s life,
All it could have been, is stick around for each other,
Let the lonely soul mourn for those it forgot,
It could have been that and this it’s no more.
The Funeral of Tinapa,
Conference table littered with chicken and cockroach laps
A keg of palm wine descending from Adia Abo
Grabbers haggling on sharing formula
Emporiums rust and rats
Shopping mulls moaning
A banner of hypocrisies at the gate’ welcome to Tinapa’
Uniform of incompetence in the helm of decisions,
Tribal perfectionists nailing Tinapa’s coffin
Frustrated villagers pilfering cables and diesel
Amber at lost
Banks limping
Power supply a shadow of the Nigeria factor
Ponet a sheer seasonal fantasies
Nollywood studio an abode of lizards
At December we fool Nigerians with make belief. …
.AWOH KINGSLEY
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