Ezio Olubelleau

Time went out a-fast,
In a dance of cock,
A time keeper thought a-cast,
He danced a-knock a rock.
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Let me spill it out,
I know I'm not good with changes:

When hellos fade,
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I have seen my reflection,
Dance in the shadow of nights,
A king lost his crown to thieving hands,
And a slave found his place amongst knights.
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A boy of twelve, impaled himself,
He said to his fellow, "Life's a scam."
The elders delve, "Free thyself, "
His parents slow, "This's, a jam.."
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Old but prime,
Weak yet strong,
A tune with which time rhyme,
Where the hearts be-long.
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Slay and fall,
Wound and bawl,
Bleed and fade,
Slash and wail.
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Imagine
A wood carver
With arms of gold,
Chiseling through woods
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She will not hear,
No matter how I call.
I reached for her,
But she drifted,
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If the shadows
Of your lies elude you,
Lay your back,
Face the heavens.
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See where goodwill led—
What wisdom was it to give
What I called effort
To beasts blind
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A girl and her mother—
Who can say which is better?
One left her man,
The other bedded another.
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This townspeople
Are falling steeper,
And no one ever dares to tread
Upon the sites of roads ahead.
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No longer
Do I speak to you.
I have outgrown your lies,
Your sweet, honeyed fairy tales,
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In the solitude of my bed,
Thoughts drift—
Soft murmurs threading
Through the silent night.
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There's an angel,
Hiding behind shadows—
But talent glows,
And wings cannot be concealed.
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A rave,
Unseat a city,
With trembling beats,
With what those twirling
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Boy
Fortune had smiled,
Upon the likes of peasants.
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Two hundred
and fifty-five years of love.
Prime's heart, gutted—
a thorn pressed near his ear.
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Ṣẹ́wà
Lioness of the West,
She said I wasn't
Gentleman enough
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My hands are gold,
My toes are strands of hair
Standing aback my ears.
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