Alex Adeoye Poems

O’ traveler tell me tell me
Tell me about your journey so far, from morning till now?
‘Like picking among orange, walnut and bitter cola,
A herculean task of must, hence the journey may not commence
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I learn to cheat
From my parent,
Who advised, 'Use paper.'
Charity begins at home.
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Happenings are the events
Whose dealings roll away into history
As history are biographies of men
Whose activities snowball to stories.
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My father has his tongue
On what he wears
I grew up to know him on trousers and tin shirts
With a belt of an iron head, silver or gold
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What you know is yours,
Thrown to you for a purpose.
Swallow your mussel
And get fat of it.
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O'swamp, o’ swamp
How I wish to have my way
Because I love u
I wish I could be favoured
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I have to let you know my mind,
Even though I’m far from you,
How I wish you understand me, brothers
How I wish to express love and stand by it
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No one could have known
How we all died
Because it was carried out
With modesty conceded under utmost secrecy
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A night like this
makes man strong
Its inevitable
It differentiates men
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Its a sin if you ask the question,
Do you love me?
If I answer yes, our sins became tautological
Because you are mine
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