Eshiu Poem by Chukwuebuka Adebayo

The most evil being, Eshiu!
Threatening and ill-figured Devil;
the giver of quick wealth
Eshiu, Baleful dagger of death;
Trickster of the whole world,
Deals with misfortunes and odd;
And proves yourself, A brute,
To whom offers not your tribute;
You do raise up the corpses,
Drags the livings by their noses;
Tho' your garden grows no flower,
Assists in enhancing the Power;
Derived from nature's herbs, greens
God's linguist, Full of differs keens;
The genius and master of languages,
From mankind to sky-God, carrying messages;
The prime negotiator, Divine messenger
Negativities and Woes enforcer
Lifts away sacrifies, at every gateways,
In crossroads, lurks on highways;
Where you digs accidents with spades,
Elegbara! The arch-lord of hades;
Orisha of unpredictabilities and
chances,
Who rejoices doom, at woes dances;
The causer of calamities,
You hampers all fertilities;
If oxen breeds not the jenny
Or lad impregnates not his Maiden