Abdulrasheed Dawodu Poems

If you were still in shackles
Of the old era of slavery
With whips and rods
Drawing map leading more into slavery
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If friends were foes
And foes were friends
Would my foes' foes
Be my foes?
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A rat; an animal larger than a mouse
With large ears and pointed snout
A dangerous one
It lives in human habitation
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When allies degenerate into foes, then
The heart evicts her denizen

When the voice becomes a litany
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Meseems the street looks deserted today
Quotha! And what do I see
A young boy? Younger than the rest?
Oh! They were just like him.
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The dawn crawls in
With a growing antipathy
I await the announcement
Of your death
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Succour succour
She screams
Higher and higher
Hoping it would reach farther
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I live on earth
I hear love is in the air
I look up to catch some breath
What I inhale is flare
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From afar
I hear your buzzing
I draw closer
Befuddled by what it would be
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I have no idea what this time tells
I have no clue what this world says
I have no knowledge what it entails
And It's like everything's gone with time
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