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Sep 2019 · 70
SITUATION RED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
But for the greed of men,
Would our spirits have floundered?
Daily robbed by the looter's pen,
May we have been plundered?
Sep 2019 · 69
TUNNEL.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
Better late than not,
The long, drawn night,
Full of agonising fright,
Will not be our continued lot.
Sep 2019 · 61
CAUGHT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
Anger mixed with fear,
Is recipe for frustration,
One screams revolution!
And the other turns a deaf ear.
Sep 2019 · 69
SENSELESS SENSELESSNESS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
From a region of blinding light,
To a state of lightning blindness,
All gone quickly out of sight,
As brutish power is only hidden weakness.
Sep 2019 · 399
GREEN XENOPHOBIA.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
Mass hysteria, a sea of cudgels,
With one mind, they rush forward,
Bearing down on the unfortunates,
That went in search of greener pastures.
Many foreigners, especially of African origin, have become puck targets for randy south africans on a **** of violence and mayhem. Thee xenophobic attacks may have sinister backing from top hierarchy I government that have been recorded on camera siding what could be termed 'foreign cleansing'.
Nigerians are top on the list of targets because they've been accused of snatching girlfriends to stealing business opportunities. Also, they have accussed nigerians of runing the largest drug cartel in their country.

But in a show of nonchalance, the federal government of nigeria has pretended not to have heard or seen the agonising, horrific & bloodcurdling jungle justice meted out on nigerians & nigerian-owned businesses.

It's sad that Nigerians are killed at home and abroad like inconsequential breathing apparatuses. SADLY SHAMEFUL.
Sep 2019 · 192
LUSH FORWARD.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
Better times are with us,
That fresh green lawn,
Is right here before us,
For it is darkest before the dawn.
Sep 2019 · 95
THE FIX.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
On my way to love,
Heartbreak caught me,
Off guard, and hopeless,
No help, even from above.
Sep 2019 · 52
TWO SIDES.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
A lesson in tragedy, to understand comedy,
A lesson in calamity, to understand tranquility,
A lesson in hunger, to appreciate bumper,
A lesson from fire, to appreciate water.
Sep 2019 · 81
"EMBER".
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
The final third,
Now the intensity glows,
They go in quite hard,
Throwing all sorts of blows;

Because it's do or die,
All lines must fall in,
Failure is boring,
This is no lie.
In Nigeria, the 'ember months have a string significance. It's when some people begin to hurry their hustle in preparation for the last month of the year when they travel to the countryside to show off their acquisitions.
For others, they go off on fervent prayers to forestall the terrible things that come with the last four months of the year. INTENSE.
Sep 2019 · 166
MORROW, DAY, NIGHT. TO.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
Here we are,
And the next no more,
In through one door,
And then out in the cold.
Aug 2019 · 70
EXTREME.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Surely, you can't be serious,
What do you see in her?
Is she that precious?
Enough to die there?
Aug 2019 · 57
ATTENTION.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The dark side of life,
Everything's got a price,
If you can't pay up,
Kindly leave, please.
Aug 2019 · 84
BOTTOMLESS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The heart of a woman,
Deep, dark and unfathomable,
Only the bravest venture it's depths,
Of innumerable illuminating experiences.
Aug 2019 · 60
NO COITUS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
What if humans were sexless,
And had ******* only with the mind?
Then attraction would be perception,
Based solely on antennae selection.
Aug 2019 · 64
LISTED BLACK.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Whence art thouest from, oh son of perdition?
For mine ***** knowest thine not,
Ye have tarnished thine heritage,
Even if nothing good ever came thereof.
Eighty Nigerians on fraud charges in America. Twenty-three Nigerians facing beheading in Saudi Arabia for drug peddling.
Ominous clouds hanging over Nigeria's image abroad - not as though it rained anything positive over there but these recent numbers raise a number of concerns about the image of Nigerians among comity of nations. SHAME.
Aug 2019 · 87
SONS OF THE GUN.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Worldly riches are useless in heaven,
Without yeast bread is unleavened,
Children of Mammon are ungoverned,
Caught between the sixth and seven.
Aug 2019 · 126
ALWAYS. NOT FOREVER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
I lied, every time,
I mentioned some words,
To you, a constant rhyme,
They're true, two edged swords.
Aug 2019 · 267
STROKES RED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
And there she lay, dead,
Bloodied, vomitus and all,
Darkened stripes lined her back,
Her small frame curled up, lifeless;

No older than three Christmases,
She'll never see another Easter egg,
What ever she would become,
Now, most certainly, we'd never know.
A child was flogged to death by one of her parents. As it was confirmed dead by doctors, the mother took off with the corpse.

No one knows the whereabouts of the body not the parents, just documentary photographs showing the dead little ******* an examination table with her back torn to shreds by strokes of cane.

What kind of monster would do that to an innocent child? What crueller beast would take the body away without pressing for justice?

Only in Nigeria. SHAME.
Aug 2019 · 56
SMALL BOTHER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Beyond imagination,
That my thunder,
Cannot light you up,
Even move you, just a fraction.
Aug 2019 · 70
CROSSED. BREAD.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Take love, knead, twirl, knead, twirl...,
Be careful, let not your ego swell,
Bake at a degree of expectation,
Serve as is hot, eat with dedication.
Aug 2019 · 278
SHARE LOOTER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
A gathering of coconuts,
Deliberating over tomato sauce,
How to make delicate cuts,
And not spoil the source.
A tragic day in Nigeria's history as mediocre government inaugurates a collection of buffoons as ministers for the next three-plus years.
Aug 2019 · 104
ROOTS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
I am son of this soil,
Planted in its richness,
No **** can choke my identity,
The minerals fuel my everlasting.
Aug 2019 · 95
RENEWING.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The skies fly into a thundering rage,
Flashing angry sparks from cape to coast,
The earth had turned a new page,
As green lands enjoy the yearly roast.
Aug 2019 · 88
BUNDLING.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The little one kicks,
Mom knows it's little tricks,
But when it's a little silent,
She offers a little prayer for what the heavens sent.
Aug 2019 · 46
TIMELINES.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The day begins as a dark thought,
Even the sun cannot burn through,
The hours bear down on the familiar hurt,
Ending in a cascade of pain truly blue.
Aug 2019 · 179
NOUGHT. CASE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
In the matter of,
Justice versus commitment,
The defense argued lovingly,
About the prosecution's sweetness.
Aug 2019 · 89
ELEVATED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Our love will not fit,
Into your closed boxes,
The laws of gravity,
Can't hold us apart.
Aug 2019 · 119
THE REVOLUTION.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
For our love,
The sun, moon and stars,
Will rise, set and shine,
In the west, east and the day.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The world tries to tear us asunder,
They say we can't love each other,
Our kind don't belong together,
We're brother and sister.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
This forbidden love of ours,
Wrought in defiant rebellion,
Tongues and creed in ****** opposition,
But by cupid we build impregnable towers.
Aug 2019 · 70
WRONG.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
I was drawn to something,
Everything about you,
Then you took it all,
And made me look stupid.
Aug 2019 · 70
DISPLACED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Such heavy burden on my heart,
You dumped such bitterness on my waters,
Cannot sail back to the start,
I'm here, stuck, unable to enjoy love's wonders.
Aug 2019 · 52
CORE. RAW. OPTION.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
At the centre of it all,
Is a red, festering offal,
Without bothering to ask,
***** hands take on this task.
Aug 2019 · 396
AM. WAS. BEEN.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The sun shines on my emotions,
Having gone through your dark tribulations,
Everything meaningful became useless,
But it all made sense, this avoidable mess.
Aug 2019 · 114
IN. DUST. TRIAL. SCALE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
So, how big is your fear?
Large enough to scare you to death?
But all will eventually be crystal clear,
When the jury carried out its final threat.
Aug 2019 · 74
NOTHING TO LOSE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Crushed, you left me aground,
You took all, even my soul,
Now you have created a ghoul,
Something hateful this time 'round.
Aug 2019 · 89
PLUS NONE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
I'll dress in my sweet tailored tux,
Top hat, walking stick, and all
Smell better than the loveliest bloom on earth,
And have the best time, all by myself.
Aug 2019 · 457
CONFLICT OF CONSCIENCE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Deep within I think a darkness,
Something to destroy everything,
Then comes a shinning,
That fills up the nothingness.
Aug 2019 · 164
FORK IN THE TIDE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Whence dost thine love sweep me,
Truly, I cannot see,
You make me feel this way, today,
Thence toss me that way, another day.
Aug 2019 · 203
BLUE SHEET.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
If it's not the same to you,
I wouldn't like a moment,
A lifetime is what we can do,
So quit acting, no need to comment.
Aug 2019 · 92
THE GOOD OF THE OTHER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Precious jewels like you are rare,
In deed, and in every kind way,
You have secured my spirit,
A happy place of unmerited sweetness.
Aug 2019 · 62
THE GOOD IN THE OTHER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
How is it possible,
For you, my love,
To find in me worthiness,
Something trustworthy of your affections?
Aug 2019 · 332
ORANGE COCONUTS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
The downtrodden have awakened,
They fear only that they awoke too late,
They have fixed a revolutionary date,
The day their oppressor's noose must be slackened.
Nigerians move to the streets in August 5 2019 in days of rage to force a revolutionary change in the way things have been. POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
Aug 2019 · 119
A FIST FULL OF EGGHEADS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
So many brilliant idiots,
In the hand of one fool,
They drive his oppressive chariots,
And become his hunger tool.
Nigeria is blessed with many professors but cursed with so much backwardness. SHAME.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
How can you, a loud despot,
A tyrant of mean reputation,
Now offer a democratic solution,
To the same problems you quietly  support?
In Nigeria, the oppressed people woke up to need that the convener of a 'revolution now' movement symbolised by orange berets had been abducted by state forces. SHAME.
Jul 2019 · 221
DUST. (TRIBUTE TO ENDGAME.)
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
Dust, at the snap of the finger,
Put many lives in danger,
But there arose a band of heroes,
That sent to infinity, the deathly Thanos.
Jul 2019 · 62
THE LIGHTER THEY COME.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
Floating on the breeze of love,
Warm currents from above,
Nothing can weigh me down,
Or shoot my feelings with a frown.
Jul 2019 · 185
PATH OF MOST RESISTANCE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
But anywhere you go,
Whithersoever your love will blow,
Like the breath in your lungs,
I'll sing to you, ever loving songs;

For every fiber within me,
And with my very eyes I long to see,
My arms aching to behold,
This legendary beauty my dreams foretold.
Jul 2019 · 130
I'LL JUMP.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
This bridge cannot stand between our love,
I'll take up wings from above,
Run as far as my heart can take me,
Because with you is where I'd rather be.
Jul 2019 · 67
THE MEDDLING HYPOCRITE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
All smiles as she sways toward him,
Asks if he knows the gym,
The one his wife frequented,
Same one the trainer befriended.
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