Adebayo Akande Smartfingers

Somewhere in the silent recess of my mind
A forgotten memory is re-born
Memory of a miracle that never happened
On that gloomy day, darkness hunted our hopes
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PULL MY STRINGS

Pull my strings oh Muse,
And my smart fingers will
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Like the ever eluding ebb of tide;
The gradual graying of the once yellow sun
The plot is cheating my notions
‘Tis is beating my imagination
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Cursed be that day
Yea, woe betide that gloomy day
When the ram-rod straight, oven-hot carbide missile
Targeted no-one but you
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If the sallah cow wanted a revenge
A payback for spilling its blood
For savouring its salty meat
It should’ve sought subtler ways
Not my own flesh
Olounmaje, Not my life!
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I'm Ailing...
My heartbeat is failing
Call not the physician
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Omoolewa, omodara odejo
Thou beauteous of beauties
Thy gait of feline grace
and spotless charming face
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Flaunt no more your ‘weapons’

In them, my picky eyes takes no delight
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Under the burning sky we toiled that day

Night embraced day and the sky grew gray
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In the archery age, arrows are most dreaded
Ravenous Swords and jackknives too
Of ghastly fear and shock in man they render
In this jet age, bombs and missile are most revered
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Some invest in silver, gold and all that shimmers
Some in their allies, folks and progenies
Some in thrifts and assets that knows no wither
And every wealth is an offspring of well spent monies
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Covenants are better kept; not twisted or broken
Sacred words like ‘i love you’ unsaid than spoken
These days, words have betrayed the intents of my heart
But the ink that resides in my pen shall flow in smooth rhythm
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Delay is no denial
Amid sturdy desire
Rooted within steep
Deep, leap’d emotions you
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Verbal missiles

Running
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Foul or fair?

Flinching fake and flaking forces
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Portraying in true light, the grandeur of your matchless beauty

Is a quest that tends to the impossible
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Milady, when thou ask of me
About thy beauty
I’ll tread a clean path
Not the hackneyed of his
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“Vote for CREDIBILITY”

“Free food for all”
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It’s everywhere;
Tabloids, websites,
TVs and radios, on the air
“NDLEA denies arresting Babasuwe”
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