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KNOW YOUR FRIENDS

Some friends send messages of care in daylightBut tend to bend their actions into a biteWhich lends its root to your failure or death IIPotatoes are like tomatoes…but grow not well togetherPeppers are as edible as beans…but grow not well togetherSalt is sweet but can act like poison to kill plantsEvery plant has its affable […]

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THE BODY

The legs…which carry your body,The thighs…which support the legs,The waist…which balances the body,The spine…which holds the body,The stomach…which fuels the body,The genitals…which sanitize the body,Ribs and back…which wall the bodyThe chest…which houses the engine of the body – the heart,The hands…which swing and run errands for the body,The neck…which holds the head,The head…which houses eyes, […]

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OSHOGBO

OshoboYou pull yua mout like train dey complain about povaty?Make you sit like vuvuComplain sotaayYua shoddy no go fall from that shoulder…come dey follow you IIOshogboYou dey der dey complain about tummy?You continue eating nyafunyafu like mumuYou tink say the stomach go fear food…cum dey flat for your front? IIIOshogboBath o, bath!Scent wey get fist […]

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TO YOUR HOME HEART

A pain after another…after another…after another?Know…each is a journey you had to travel throughTo your home heart IIFor some flowers face floors…taste feet in defeatAnd are passed from loving hands…to hateful onesBut their seeds may stumble on good soilAnd die to live to glorifyNothing dies to live like a heart…in multiplicitySo cope for hopeDon’t elope […]