The Wonders Of The Ages Past. Poem by Kolawole Ajao

The wonders of the ages past,
The wit of the ancient sages,
The rare iguana of Galapagos,
The quadrucentenarian tortoise at the palace of Shoun,
The giant crocodile domesticated at Oje in Ibadan,
The turtle named Jakande that I found on Lagos archipelagoes,
Which Omo Oba Alade Ijero helped nurture till it expired
The many trips into the hidden worlds to search for the secret,
The coincidental collision with folks who showed me the way,
The wonderful merger of East and West of Germany,
The reasoning behind Michelangelo's David,
The artitude from which da Vinci etched Mona Lisa,

Enough for me to see the hugeness of our world.