Enikanoselu Seyi

Night I thank you,
For saving me from the laborious day,
For releasing me from the captivity of the sun,
For protecting me from matilda of the rain.
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I was born like I see, an imbecile,
I agreed within me,
I took to my fate,
I received pleasure and prestige,
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"You must push the pen to the column, " my father commanded,
"Your paper isn't inked well, " mother yelled,
Waiting and sighing in perfidy;
Bending over the rough and dull monsters,
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TEARS OF AGONY

I mourn but with silent tears,
I wail within, yet I smile out,
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HURT HEART

This is the world of tragedy,
A world of failure and deceit,
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When fire burns in the forest,
We all see its smokes,
When I say fire burns on the river,
You all bother me with queries,
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When water is over-boiled,
It begins to dry up,
Soon the pot becomes burnt,
All in the name of peace.
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A year of peril,
This moment of annual dinner,
Did I dine with terror,
Did I wine with horror,
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Mr. paper wrote yesterday,
Won pen award today,
And will want to write tomorrow
For more profit,
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In those days I remember,
We, I with my other friends,
After the closing bell jingles,
Would run to our various houses,
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It is when death has not come,
That one ties a formidable talisman,
It is when we are still valued,
That people flock around us,
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From the South,
Millions of sandstorms
Steaming like Mama stew on fire,
Loud echo of hot thunder rents the West,
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I am an ant,
I live only not to die,
My pocket is not to build mansions,
Neither do I plan to make stables;
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Seeing an old hen for sale,
Before purchasing, question yourself,
If it had laid and hatched twenties,
Will it have been brought to the market?
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Away they go two thousand kilometres,
To a large pasture of barley,
With their bills they plough and toil,
Like torque does to engine,
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ONE NATION, MORE NOTIONS

By the command of our headmaster,
"Arise o compatriots, " we intoned with serenity,
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Cracked like a wailing morn,
Toned up like a moderate feather,
"Shall we live by history? "
The sonorous mime hits me.
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A man pretends to be wise,
Calling aking in crown and robe
A fool but wears tatters,
Who then is foolish?
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In the morning, tongues are seen out of mouths,
Heads dangling up and down with joy,
Teeth singing glorious tunes,
To celebrate his arrival.
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Dancing to a ring point,
Once he makes up like a sweated labourer,
Mouth wide opened with refuting refuge,
Against the podium he declares.
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