Mahogany Soule

04/06/2023

The King's Table

MY FATHER IS A MECHANIC
for: Atungwu Isaac Abichele Sr.
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it is not easy to be my father's son
the old man is a mechanic
and a good one for that matter
with his skills and tools he beats us all to shape

we his children are the automobiles
that he worked on day and night
his heart is his workshop
and his mind is his tools box

his roving eyes are his screwdrivers
his strong tongue are his allen keys
his hard hands are his spanners
and he guarded every loose screws bolts and nuts

he made sure our carburetors are okay
that the supplies of fuel is in order
and made sure breaks
catches
so that we will not fall of the highway of life

with his tools he tightened
every loose screws bolts and nuts
he made sure our engines were running high
and made us ready for the car show
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
May 2023
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Atungwu Isaac Abichele Sr.

27/05/2023

The King's Table

THE EDITED DICTIONARY
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akeem can you figure out
who the human being is
many of us have problems now
in understanding certain things

proud black men once
frowned at being called ni***rs
now proud white men
call themselves ni***rs with pride

have you seen the edited dictionary
they removed the word taboo
and replaced it with the word rights
they have no new name to give it

even now they tried to remove
the word taboo from our mouths
and they are now trying to hack
that word out of children's mouths in their schools

this is not a modern thing
and it not an ancient thing
now man's hunger
is no longer proportional

it was not alright then
but it is all alright now
this is a war of conflict
only the soldier can end it

akeem can you figure out
who the human being is now
no one knows anymore
what is wrong or right

they edited the dictionary again
they removed the word wrong
and replaced it with the word rights again
they have no new name to give it

and everyone now seems
to have two right arms
even those who have
left arms before do no more

proud white men¹ once
jailed women who were naked
now proud modern men
celebrate naked women with pride

somewhere around the world
the proud king² jailed adam and steve
and somewhere around the world
the king was queried for that
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
May 2023
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NOTE
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¹ Records have it that women were arrested on the streets of Chicago, in 1922, about hundred years ago for wearing one piece swimsuits that did not cover their legs
²Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

08/05/2023

The King's Table

ADAM AND STEVE
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who started sending
men to women's bathroom
and claiming women's trophy
plus castrating little boys

how did it all started
it has worked very normal
until someone tried
to twist everything

the world is not enough
for men to conquer
and now they have
to conquer our world

what a doggone shame
the woman of the year
in this time is a man
with a mutilated organs

what a show of frustration
cutting the p***s down
does not in anyway
make a man a woman

it is only a destruction
of natural private property
the lips can lie
but the hips does not lie

the man is the exit
the woman is not the exit
and the man can not
be turned to an entrance

what is worst than
adam and steve
they have tried to turn
adam to eve

wait a minute here
even the female athlete
of the year is a man
with patched organs

where are the females
there are things
that are for women
and not for men

even the president*
said the bravest women
he knows today are men
where are the females

how can a man
actually be a woman
the blinded world is really
given to ideological absurdity
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
May 2023
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NOTE
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* Joseph Biden

29/11/2022

A CHRISTMAS IN ÓL'IDOMA¶
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man! what is that word again
that comes to your mind
when the nose hears the aroma
of óhó okoho¹ strengthened with fresh
ijangada²

and the fresh aroma
of well pounded ebute³
rolling a thousand times
in the mortar like a hot ball

I have not licked my fingers
in awhile now
óyi⁴óchenyiló chiko pla 'bónyé⁵
do you not agree

especially after marking the earth
to make it bleed food
I have not licked my fingers
in some whiles now

I have learned that
there is no rice now in liberia
and a bag here now cost
as twice as building materials

who said pounded yam
is not good for Christmas
let the mortars play on the tunes
let the pestles' beat play on

please let the music play
the rhythms and melodies
let the pestles beat the mortars
and let the yams roll

and let the Christmas roll
with onihi⁶ and óh'okoho
a little spoiling with ichanyi⁷
will be guaranteed

let us do something
different this time
and bring back
the good old days

I remember back then
when we cut okoho soup
with our thumbs and fists
and the plates tremble on the table

man! what is that word again
that comes to your mind
when the nose hears the aroma of okoho soup strengthened with fresh ijangada

so let us split the mortars with the sounds of onihi
this Christmas in ól'Idoma
let the gods hear the cries of the mortars
even the thin tin gods in government house
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
November 2022
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NOTE
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¶ Idoma home, Idoma hometown.
¹ Óhó okoho soup, which is known to be the main traditional soup of the Idoma people of Benue State, is normally prepared with bush meat or fish. It is only eaten with hand. It is prepared from the stem of Cissus populnea plant, that belongs to the family Amplidaceae. It is commonly known as 'Okoho' by the Idoma people. Other Nigerian tribes such as Igbos and Igalas also refer to it as Okoho, while the stick is known as Ajara or Orogbolo by the Yoruba tribes of southern and northern Nigeria
² Sliced dried okra used for preparing ijangada soup, Idoma people
³ A species of local yam sought for its taste and high plastic quality when pounded. Gbangwu by the Tiv people
⁴ Idoma language form for child. It is also a form of address for a man or woman, a boy or a girl
⁵ Idoma language form for "A man is supposed to lick his fingers"
⁶ Idoma language form for pounded yam
⁷ Ichanyi is a popular Idoma people delicacy that is prepared from dried and ground egusi, spiced with hot pepper, ginger roots or seed, seasoning, salt and rolled into balls and boiled in stock. Egusi, also known as, agusi, ohue, Ikpan, Ikon, or agushi is the name for the protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants, which, after being dried and ground, are used as a major ingredient in West African cuisine.

photo: wikipedia

25/09/2022

BORIS¶
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how amazing is the sounds of the drums of politics
it is amazing what could be done for its beats
people could come out of their homes and march in millions
it is amazing what people could do when the hear the drums

whoever beats the drums is a good musician
that people could have this frenzy fever forever
it is played with interest and for interest
the blind interest that brought us here

alots of drums that are made out of steel with steel membranes
and some are made out of woods
with crocodile skin
and others are made from clay pots
with snake skin and buffalo skin

the rims of the drum the membranes
and the hands or stones¹ or sticks that beat the drums
the drummers' hands are strong like the storm
and the dancers' legs are very fast like the wind

man's evolution is an evilution²
more the revolution of the earth
we are living in a wrong time
and wrong people in the right places

their ears are in their empty hungry pouches
the best drum beats are the lowest beats
the loudest drum beats are the best beats
their beats greet the ears that are in their pouches

how wonderful is the sounds of drums politics
it is wonderful what could be done for its beats
people could come out of their homes and argue and fight one another
it is amazing what people could do when they hear the drums

we have heard these beats before
a thousand times on the streets of our minds
we have heard these beats before
the weather will soon turn cold and with it all

the beats of their drums advertised their interest against truth
and more appears than they reveal and reveal more than they appear
the dance is a tribal war now and some are comical yet very absurd
this is trend when the underlaying factor of influence is tribal

the dancers are not aware the that the drummers
have consciously influenced their thought process
and quietly filtered away their reasonableness and soundness

their arguments and thought processes range from the ridiculous to illogical
the situation is helpless in the hands of situation
when every one must take their turn on the boris
it
how amazing is the sounds of the drums of politics
it is amazing what could be done for its beats
people could come out of their homes and hurt one another
it is amazing what people could do when the hear the drums of politics

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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
September 2022
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NOTE
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¶ Boris is a customised wooden tricycle sport car that resembles a skateboard. The three tyres are bearings. Bearings are called, "boris" in Nigerian pidgin, this is where the toy gets its name. Boris is a toy for boys. It is used for pleasure or competition. The driver sits and stirs the open car while their friends or team mates(in the event of a competition) push the car. And each enjoys the "pushed ride", taking turn.
¹ Tiv people of Benue state, Nigeria use stone to beat clay pot drums.
² Coined from evil

30/08/2022

GREEN BANANA REPUBLIC
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what kinda country
do wehave here
a broke and broken
country with nothing

people own schools
people own churches now
and now people
some own men of god

that prophesy to them
what god did not say
they lie to them
from outside their necks

What else do people
own in nigeria
the police station
or the court and judges

what kinda country
do we have here
people even own the army
that do their biddings

and these people
own all things
they own the radios
and the televisions too

they own people's
mouths and stomachs
who can not eat until
they told them to do so

they even own people's
wives and daughters
and these people
do as they please

what kinda country
do we have here
where the government
own nothing but debts

these people even
buy the properties
that belongs to the
broke bleeding county

What else do people
own in nigeria
these people even own
the state houses

where they have
schemed and desired
to be forever and ever
to enjoy their daring loots
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
August 2022
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28/08/2022

BRO COS¶
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he knows how to tongue
and he is the only one
that speak in the tongue
only angels can understand

bro cos is a born again
child of god to the core
he has been born again
for many many times

this is his last chance
and it is not a thing
to trifle with now
there is more chance

bro cos speaks in tongue
he tongues all the time
infact it brought him close
to his daddy in the lord

he would rather go
on a stretcher than
miss a sunday service
how could he do such a thing

plus all the sisters
are waiting for him
after all they all love
his slim tight trousers

and all the brothers
are expecting him
after all they all love
his packet shirts

he had try to forget
but sundays remind him
how he used to dance
the other times at the club

many things remind him
about a lot of things
that is not heavenly to do
and that explains a lot

once he g*t his hand
on the microphone
pigs get fat
and hogs get slaughtered

bro cos is a born again
child of god
and he has been born again
for many many times

he knows how to tongue
and he is the only one
that speak in the tongue
only god can understand

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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
August 2022
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NOTE
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¶ Bro. Cosmos

25/08/2022

THE AFRICA WE WANT
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is not the africa
that is a question mark
with the lonely madagascar
as its full stop

but where madagascar
is inside africa
and not drown in indian ocean
far from the shores of africa

and not an africa
that is like my country
where children do not grow old
and the old do not grow old

and not an africa
with a bald head north
and a shodless down south
and a hypertrichosis green

but an africa that
is green with life
an africa which belongs
to the people of africa

we have no where to go
the obvious is our fate
our hide can not hide us
there is no place like home

the africa we want
is an africa that will not
buy arms from neighbours
to kill one another

or the africa that sells arms
to their neighbours
to kill themselves
like we do right now

not an africa that is hungry
but an africa that grows her food
and not blood on the sand
and sells to her neighbours

an africa that can play
with their mate
and not be shy of her cotton
or shy of her colour

an africa that is strong
united and resilient
an africa that can
walk and talk globally

an africa that can think
in modern times
and play well with others
on the global play ground

and if an africa that
develops its useful
and youthful population
is the africa we want

an africa a with social
and economic development
continental integration
and democratic governance

an africa that her goal
is to refocus
and reprioritize africa
and peace and security

a repositioned africa
and a dominant player
in the global arena
a truly transformed continent

and should be where
the head will not bend
the body and tail
but where the body bends

the africa we want
is not a long story
the africa we want
is a strong story
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
August 2022
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12/08/2022

INFINITY TO ZERO
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again look at this circle
and look and learn
every possiblity lies here
zero to infinity

and so too
infinity to zero
making two one
have you learned that

the man was a boy
the woman was a child
now they are children
and the boy is a man now

he grew in their midst
they carried his hands
now he carries their hands
and completes the circle

he learned that receiving
is a lesson to be studied
and reproduced in kind
and not an act of kindness

plus he learned that giving
is a lesson to be taught
and reproduced in kind
and not an art of love

when infinity becomes zero
zero becomes infinity
to bear the burdens of infinity
the two is one I repeat

and I repeat the two is one
please look at this circle again
all possibilities lies here
infinity to zero
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
12th August 2022
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NOTE
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I do not have the credit for the photo. It is a picture used for a prompt picture poetry challenge. Apologies.

29/07/2022

BEAUTY SUBSIDY
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over there in ghana
do you hear me well
sir the beautiful ones
are been borne now

especially here
in mother nigeria
if not yet in ghana
as it once stood

really the girls are
they are painfully beautiful
that men wonder
why they swore the oath

i thank God
am not a man
I would have been
confusedly confused

now men walk with their eyes
in their back pockets
yet their eyes
still see through the pockets

like search light
some switch off their eyes
and others like doors lock them up
to endure the pains of beauty

ayi kwei armah
i am telling you
here from nigeria
time changes things

the beautiful ones
are been borne now
and some are made too
like works of the sculpture

with silicone and polymer
and polyvinyl chloride
and now it is hard
to know what ware is at the fair

with everything
lashes like filaments
smooth like butter
and pupils like cold ice

really the girls are
they are painfully beautiful
that men do not know
which one to choose

thank God
am not a man
I would have been
confusedly confused
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
27th July 2022
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23/07/2022

MYSTERIOUS TRANSMISSIONS
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when the people searched him
they searched him with their eyes
and they were not surprised at all
because those things were missing

they found nepa¹ in one of his pockets
they also found an aeroplane
full of money in his pocket
that was not truly missing

my brother they also found
the second niger bridge²
in his pocket too with all the roads that leads to good life

all the things that
we are looking for
are there in his
endless greedy pockets

one of us even drew out
justice from his back pocket
it is a wonder how he could walk
with so much in his pockets

all his pockets are filled
filled with peoples' salaries
students' scholarships
pensions and plenty peoples' pvc³

we also found files
and inec⁴ servers
and lots of green pens
all in his breast pocket

and plenty oil wells
that are in the down
poverty stricken South-south
inside his small village⁵

when the people searched him
they searched him with var⁶
they were not surprised because
those things are missing

so many locomotives
are seen in his agbada⁷ pocket
with many rails and sleepers
and some trains too

so many things were found
in his unending glutinous pockets including peoples' future
and glorious past too

when the people searched him
they searched him with their minds
they were deeply surprised
because those things are in his pockets
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
23rd July 2022
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NOTE
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¹ National Electrical Power Authority, the pioneer electrical power distribution company in Nigeria. Now own by politicians
² The Second Niger bridge is a Nigerian Federal Government project that is 1.6 km long and furnished with other ancillary infrastructure including a 10.3 km highway, Owerri interchange and a toll station all at Obosi city, expected to be inaugurated in October 2022.
³ In Nigeria, Permanent Votets' Card, made from polyvinyl chloride plastic.
⁴ Independent National Electoral Commission, a supposed Independent body that handles Electoral matters in Nigeria.
⁵ The street name for the small pocket of jeans. The small pocket is actually called a watch pocket because it was originally intended as a safe place for men to store their pocket watches. It dates back to Levi's first-ever pair of jeans, which hit the market in 1879.
⁶ Video Assistant Referee. The video assistant referee is a match official in association football who reviews decisions made by the referee. Following extensive trialling in a number of major competitions, VAR was first written into the Laws of the Game by the International Football Association Board in 2021.
⁷ One of the three piece garment widely used in West Africa. Unisex in recent times.

photo: Premium Times Nigeria. Second Niger Bridge

20/07/2022

ELECTION MAGA¶
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that night that
the Honourable
lost the election
papa did not sleep

he was speechless
like mikel¹ jackson
and he was restless
like a rattle snake

that next day
after the Honourable
lost the election
he came in the morning

he came into our house
with his men
they came with guns
and mattocks and trucks

they were reckless
and they were careless
I reckoned
he beckoned

and they did recollect
and they began to collect
and they removed
all our interlocks off the ground

that day after the day
the Honourable
lost the election
papa was confused

mama was breathless
like the corrs²
and she was restless
like an angry hippo

that early morn'
was not funny
what is it
that was going on

they took off the human hair
from mama's head
and they wiped the makeup
away from mama's face

they drove us down
from the hilux
pushed the driver down
and took away the car

that night that
the Honourable
lost the election
papa did not sleep
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
19th July 2022
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NOTE
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¶ MADNESS, Nigerian street language
¹ Michael
²THE CORRS, are an Irish family band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings, Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim. They are from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

19/07/2022

TEXAS¶
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the year that tupac died
that year was the year
it was the year that trouble
came to my small town

then we used to wear
big-big baggy pants
heavily starched and ironed
hard as metal sheets

sweet pantaloons
sweet and bright as rainbow
and we bopped around
in different steps like robots

with big-big shirts tucked in
on the breasts
with trousers shivering
above custom made shoes

all that matters
is the shoes
how you walk and talk
and how you groove

and we party like hard
even spanish people
never party like that
red dust bandanas and caps

in otukpo sugar
is good for everyone
we do not need needles
and insulins or anything

the rich kids have their sugars
in tea or cornflakes or custard
and the broke kid have their sugars
in akamu¹ and ényi okwóla²

sugar is sugar
and sugar is sweet
stick a needle in our eyes
we live and fight for it

from igbanó nmajë³ to zone hb⁴
and all the way to eupi⁵
down to ogwonu igbahapa⁶
across entali⁷ and sabon gari⁸ up to ojira⁹ across to babylon¹⁰

we smacked the market
in the middle
we hustled in the day
and bubbled at night

the years that
followed tupac's death
those years were the years
the boys have guns and axes
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
18th July 2022
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NOTE
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¶ Otukpo is the name of my town. And Texas is its nickname. It is the citadel of the Idoma Nation. It is the most developed and modern and civilized town in all. Most Idoma people have lived or stayed or passed through Otukpo for economical or social or political or spiritual rienaissance
¹ A smooth corn or guinea corn or millet food drink prepared in the manner of custard
² A rough millet food drink popular amongst the Idoma people, Igala people [óbióló in Igala language] and Tiv people [ biém in Tiv language] though smoother than oat meal, prepared like custard. Popularly vended on the streets and served with a deep fried spiced beans paste, popular amongst the Hausas [kwose in Hausa language] and Yorubas [akara in Yoruba language] or with ókpa, a steam-cooked richly spiced cowpea paste, popular among the Igbo people.
³, ⁴, ⁵, ⁶, ⁷, ⁸, ⁹ and ¹⁰ are the major parts of Otukpo town.

13/07/2022

From The King's Table

LAFIYA GÓ 'KÓ¶
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my friend have this kind
of yellow eyes too
when I went to see him
he asked after my health

but I was not
in any way sick at all
matter of fact his enquiry
gave me the shock

my friend has been
there for awhile now
and I did not know
no one worry to tell me

eyi'kwóda ni¹
yet it is the eyes
that see first
but could do naught

if only the eyes
could catch things
they will catch a glass
of water from falling

I would have catch
my friend from falling sick
it hurts to be sick
without salaries

it hurts the more
that I could not
even carry okada²
to visit him before now

the room is green
the curtains are green
the bed is white
and my friend is pale

before I could ask
he asked me
lafiya gó' kó I know
you must be sick

I know how health fails
without pay check
it is not easy to be
in health without salaries

sixty month now abi³ and counting
the sick man paid my bus fair
when the visiting hours was over
fróm de lóv dem sho am

my friend have this kind
of yellow eyes too
when I went to see him
he asked about my health
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
12th July 2022
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NOTE
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¶ "How is your health?", Idoma(Ag*tu dialect) language, Nigeria.
¹ "The eyes do not catch what they see", Idoma language, Nigeria
² Bikes used for carrying passengers in Nigeria
³ "Is not so? " or "isn't so? ". Nigerian pidgin.
⁴ "From the love they showed him", Nigerian pigdin

photo: The Guardian Nigeria

13/07/2022

LAFIYA GÓ 'KÓ¶
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my friend have this kind
of yellow eyes too
when I went to see him
he asked after my health

but I was not
in any way sick at all
matter of fact his enquiry
gave me the shock

my friend has been
there for awhile now
and I did not know
no one worry to tell me

eyi'kwóda ni¹
yet it is the eyes
that see first
but could do naught

if only the eyes
could catch things
they will catch a glass
of water from falling

I would have catch
my friend from falling sick
it hurts to be sick
without salaries

it hurts the more
that I could not
even carry okada²
to visit him before now

the room is green
the curtains are green
the bed is white
and my friend is pale

before I could ask
he asked me
lafiya gó' kó I know
you must be sick

I know how health fails
without pay check
it is not easy to be
in health without salaries

sixty month now abi³ and counting
the sick man paid my bus fair
when the visiting hours was over
fróm de lóv dem sho am

my friend have this kind
of yellow eyes too
when I went to see him
he asked about my health
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
12th July 2022
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NOTE
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¶ "How is your health?", Idoma(Ag*tu dialect) language, Nigeria.
¹ "The eyes do not catch what they see", Idoma language, Nigeria
² Bikes used for carrying passengers in Nigeria
³ "Is not so? " or "isn't so? ". Nigerian pidgin.
⁴ "From the love they showed him", Nigerian pigdin

photo: The Guardian Nigeria

11/07/2022

MANY LIES
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I love the most
the nigerian english dictionary
with all its peculiar
and particular vocabularies

the too many lies
lies in the throats
lies outside the neck
lies on the tongues

even lies in the mouth
lies on the bed
white lies and black lies
and lies for everyone of us

seriously they lied to us
they will manufacture
our aircraft before
twenty twenty three

the welders have welded
all the wings well well¹
and akpai² have pumped
and fixed the tyres now

we are only waiting
for the rains to be over
we are only waiting
for the harmattan to be over

we are only waiting
for twenty twenty three to come
it was another colour tv lie
that followed those black and white tv lies

the only thing
they manufactured
is this witchcraft
for the election year

after all the grammar
both na³ flying craft
aircraft or witchcraft
the destination matters

a romantic overture
to the lie-lie manifesto
I know you have
lost your mind

A nation is on death row
its death is sure and near
when it begins to blindfold
the people with lies

I really love
nigerian english language
dictionary with its peculiar and particular lie lie vocabularies
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
11th July 2022
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NOTE
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¹ "Very well", Nigerian pidgin.
² A way to address an Igala( a tribe in Kogi state, Nigeria) man. And also an offensive way to address a vulcanizer in Nigeria. This is so because this trade common and popular amongst Igala male youths.
³ "Are", Nigerian pidgin

07/07/2022

AND SHE TOL' HER
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and she tol' her
there is nothing
as beautiful as
a woman in a man's eyes

flowers do not fly
only butterflies do
bees do fly too
both doth to the flowers

they have a lust
for love of life
they all fly
to meet the flowers

You are special
a lovely daffodil
pure and sweet
soft and tender

there are many things
that men do
men do the digging
of the graves

and they are also priests
they build coffins too
and man bury
the other man too

man is the chasing
season hunter man
man does the chasing
like the bees and butterflies

let the bees
and let butterflies
both will fly to you
surely in numbers

know this too
one thing is so sure
bees doth sting
but bear sweet honey

butterflies do not sting
they do not bear honey
but of necessity
doth bear scent

only the bees move
and the butterflies too
how very sad
flowers do not

and she tol' her
there is nothing
as beautiful as
a woman in a man's mind
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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
7th June 2022
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06/07/2022

NYARɶ
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have you ever
stop to wonder
how so little a thing
possesses much value

small pieces of papers
small shiny metal discs
the most valuable
man made objects

a man could die for it
or a man could kill for it
its love steals reason
and drowns man into its grip

how really does
little thing mean
really they do
little things mean alot

it lays claims on all
that is made by men
even that made by god
except life itself

an impetuous lover
like intoxicating wine
does it loves man
like man really loves it

an alluring thing
to lightened up the world
with its mystical
and magical form

a mere object
that all is done for
a lifeless thing
that all is done 'cos of

it gives life
and takes life
pokes into man's eyes
with interesting sight

the one thing
made by man
that requisite all things
made by nature

glowing like precious stones
in the darkest stilled night
and stands in the dominion
early enough in man's days

the world lost to its strength
a familiar and unfamiliar world
it drowns man into its grip
with love that steals reasons

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Atungwu Allan Di'Eldra © copyright
6th June 2022
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NOTE
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¶ Money. Tiv language, Nigeria.

photo: Joshua Project.