Tolu Akinwole Poems

Like a sudden appearance of death,
The image intrudes on my vision,
Trampling underfoot every obstructing thought
Like a hurt man bent on revenge,
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patch this gap -
this widening abyss
in my heart
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Madness -
How you hate that word!

But are we not mad -
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She slipped away
softly
silently
but after a long duel
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a loud bang,
and that was it.
it uncorked the bottle locked within,
yanking off the gentle blanket
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My dear any-me,
It is from the bottomless bottom of my heart
That these words ooze forth
With the ease of a pregnant woman.
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The early morning bird never seems to get tired,
She sings and sings and sings enchanting tunes of the past.
But wait a minute, what do I hear?
A piece that cuts through my soul
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What will it take the monkey
to denounce its friendship with the banana?
I don't know.
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