Dada Olowo Eyo

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

Are we there yet?
One foot from the brink?
Are our backs flush against the wall?
Can we break through or break out?

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

Carroty hair,
Ginger beard,
Hour glass figure,
Snow White teeth;

Wait...what?
There are no children starving?
Adults living in cartons?
Nations rising against nations?

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

CLOSED.

The earth is a prison,
No place to go,
Other than to the grave,
Down, down, down below.

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

PLAQUE.

Running my tongue over grime,
Unpleasant coarseness meets the senses,
Wall to wall discomfort,
Nothing prepares for a very stinky affair.

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

THE HYPOCRITE.

How convenient, for you,
To do the things you do,
No conscience at all,
Not caring whether I rise or I fall.

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

FOUR ONE NINE. (2)

In the pursuit of nothing lost,
What then can be found?
But what indeed comes around,
Is a love story painfully gone bust!

Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019

POWERLESS.

Sticky night, power out,
Always been that way,
But during moments of brightness,
Children cannot help but shout!

Nigeria children scream, "up NEPA!" whenever the lights come on after power cut - that can last hours, days, months or years. SHAME.