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tayo May 2021
One leg. Then the other

Is how a man gets out of his pant trouser.

......
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tayo Apr 2021
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Winking or blinking?
As the eye lied.
tayo Nov 30
Doom.
Put a finger to it, and it's gone
Worry. Come to life
Tangible. Almost
"It is well" I mumble inaudibly
"It is well" I mumble again
It is the armaggedon. Mental ragnarok
Sirens wailing
Dread overwhelming
Gloom.
Doom    Gloom
tayo Nov 2021
Despite the amount of moisture the playground gets,
footfall would not just let the green of the grass bloom.
Like the receding hairline of a balding middle-aged man,
the green patches of grass, unevenly spread across the field.
while totally unrelated, this speaks to me of personal sacrifices we make to cater to others' needs and wants. Most of the time at the detriment of one's own personal growth and development.
tayo Apr 2021
An assembly of parts to make a whole,
Where in nought need be added, removed
Or adjusted..

B E A U T I F U L
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Musing
tayo Apr 2021
Versions and versions of how I met your mother did I write.
Just because your potential mother kept changing.
Consider the last, the legitimate one.
All other editions are but drafts.

Much Love,
    Your (Future) father.

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drafts
tayo May 2021
Now that wall of clay and mud
has given way to bricks and blocks.
Path, paved by so many feet
now a-glow with tar and asphalt
House names matter no longer
Children now point out their father's house
in description with their left-hand finger.


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Excerpt 'afilu'
House 'Beware of Dogs'  - Ilé'sórafájá
tayo Mar 2021
"Eyes, once full of hope and lofty dream, Now stare at passer-by,  all

rheumy eyed. Gait of the man that once was. Like a sign post, saying:

Here!, 'how I do not want to be when I am grown"
...

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Borne out of the fear of ever getting to the point where I will not be able to take care of responsibilities. The fear of failure and/or being ordinary.
tayo Mar 2021
Why they run, I do not know.
Neither can I begin to ponder.
Race to life, love or leisure.


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this is about the hustle of life. Race to life from the moment of birth, race to love and finding meaning. race to leisure and fulfilment.
tayo Apr 2021
For what do trees have to complain about.
The consistency in bird droppings?
The dead, the size of his headstone?
Or his unfair share of worms.


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melancholy
tayo Oct 2021
"Proceed! Proceed!

A child is not scared of his father's abode.

Proceed! Proceed!"

... the Kòñgó struck.
excerpt
tayo Apr 2021
Those sixteen seater buses are hard enough to get comfortable in as it is without having  mother with an infant at her back on the row. Usually, you would want to lobby for the window side seat for better ventilation. She does not seem concerned though, hardly noticing the other two seat mates. The infant at her back, even less bothered. Not a sound or even a stir. Hard and unflinching as a rock, mother and child both. Oblivious to everything around them. They both could have been deaf and dumb for as much sound as they made.

The child at her back had been dead for six hours....
  ...
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Excerpt ''afilu''
tayo Mar 2021
Groomed stallion with strap-in saddle.

Sure footed on paved path.

Rein in hand.

Shall I let her wander?

...

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This is me freeing my mind. Letting go of all creative hinderance, fear of failure and overly catering to other people's opinion.
tayo Mar 2023
Men do.
Women are.
Shakingtable
tayo Mar 2021
Skirts and trousers along the street.

Let there be peace in the act of love.
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nothing to it really. Just random thought.
tayo Sep 2021
Now he hangs, silently brooding/
by his leather strap/
on a nail, against muddy wall/
gone to rust/
The silence, deafening/
swings no longer in ecstatic delight/
the end of the show/party.
tayo Mar 2021
To that first strand of Grey....

That pointer to agedness.
Bridge between cradle and grave.
Fine line between ode and dirge.
It is wisdom. It is senility.
Subtle reminder to how on earth, we are briefly gorgeous.
That first strand of grey.

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This I wrote the first time I noticed the very first strand of grey in my beard. It was a surreal experience.
tayo Mar 2021
In our quest for perfection,

We postpone.

In our attempt at excellence,

We procrastinate..


...
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Personal battles
tayo Apr 2021
''Is it proper for the dog to stand in the same space as the tiger?,
We shall not hear the end of it.
Two hundred machetes, Two hundred spears are here gathered,
To war against the heavens.
It is the heavens that will over come them all.''

Oloun'yo incanted.
...
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Excerpt ''afilu''
tayo Apr 2021
The well, like an old abandoned wife, now stood in contempt to the modern boreholes with their fancy hand pumps. Husband's favorite. Young, firm, and perky.  
The thick murky water no longer serves the purpose of drinking. The lid, more often than not, left lying idle against the outer wall. No one knew how deep she was. No one ever bothered for fear of the depth.
Excerpt ''afilu''

— The End —