As wisdom drowns amidst time’s wheels And integrity gets tied to death’s heels Many are the ills that like eels walk in heels On talking tiles mocking our helplessness Weird huh? II Gone they seem, those days when caterpillars were peacefully left to turn butterflies And tadpoles were left grow into frogs Now very young […]
Those days When light only came from the sun rays As fruits fed from their ripe stations Have no living nations II Those days When charms and pushing gays With domestic care so rare Were all a woman needed to be fair Have gone under As today, more need surrender III Eve was a blessing […]
Dem say sukuu be all Woman no be kitchen maid Woman be queen wey need worship I see say I be stupid for dis world II I get respect I cook for my big man to chop He no tink say I go poison am Im dey trust im life for my hands If dat […]
Most cocks walk comb high As hens dig for worms When they spot a hawk And crow for cover Their wings become gods of shelter Ordering for variety hens in roosting Why? Why can’t cocks lay few eggs? II Why can’t cocks lay few eggs And sit hungry to heat to hatch? Why can’t cocks […]
When a queen flees It is not for lack of wealth Her stool might be a hell of fire Though it digs jealousies in damsels Her crown might have pinning pins or thorning thorns Although it hunts greed in ladies Her robes might house termites Or soul’s small poxes, Even though it looks devine in […]
It is difficult for a cat To look at garnished meat Without a reaction from its throat and tongue I guess II It will be difficult For a fowl to live with edible grains Without pecking Very difficult I guess I thought humans differ with minds III Under the warm sun And in the presence […]
The she in me Is like a traveling soul Stuck in a robbed hut Needing hands to help her transport Into a he frame A he frame that can visit the gods II Who can blame her? She too craves for a voice for choice To exorcise loneliness She too craves for the chance To […]
My mother’s mother’s mothers Were like dogs Trained to serve even on stepped nerves Tamed to submit even when pain emit Taught to shadow Even in the brightest light Ordained to please no matter their horrid tease What can I do to their souls appease? II Like dogs Some got good owners And lived well […]
Cocks always smell something foul In the cloth of a hen When success crowns her head As she sits in their midst And their combs feel numb at the ego hit II Loudly crowing cocks then turn At the slightest chance Using their wings to sweep the ground Beckoning her to turn her back To […]
I need a huge favour A favour to savour To savour forever From the mountains with all the voices Where my half hanged Until it met the egg of my host II It is a coast I have come to love But a ghost which is so towering above I need the favour of release […]
That I am a feminist Does not make me a lioness Asking for fairness with mouth Holds no threats of witchcraft Neither does it hold bullets for crucifixion Let alone bombs for company extinction II I know there are the kinds who want war And house machetes, arrows and spears Bullets and bombs of words […]
Cocks have combs Lions have manes Beings have beards Most have marks seen But all have marks unseen And almost all need their “weak” counterparts In order to save themselves from extinction But their strength breeds cruelty In the pots they need to eat None must be silly enough To bite the hands that do […]
I want to have sex I want to have sex like my ex I want to have sex that stands In order to possess power throughout the lands I need to have sex as erected as the Kilimanjaro mountain This will give me power which will help my sanity maintain This flat earth puts me […]
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