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Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2018
On the road to see my sweetheart,
I stopped by a hedge of red roses,
And lingered for an eternity's moment,
To savour how true love should entrap a man's soul.
151 · Jun 2019
AFTER ALL THAT?
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2019
No oils, no reds or monounsaturated fat,
Lean everything, nothing but water,
But death's bike couldn't bother,
Running you over right outside your flat.
151 · Jul 2020
THE GOOD ONES.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2020
Taken, without hope of return,
Unlike the day we are born,
A day to weep and mourn,
Dearly beloved on eternal sojourn.
Iya Jogbo bi Oro aka Emmanuella Pobeni Adepoju delighted me as an undergraduate and jobless graduate then in Lagos between 2002 and 2011. On 102.3fm Radio Continental now Maxfm. Her demise is unwelcome and touched me quite terribly because such talent and great personality shouldn't be the ones to exit he stage too early.

Rest on, beloved.
151 · Apr 2019
MELT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019
Coming closer to your fire,
Makes my resistance tire,
All my denials surrender,
To your fiery, wonderful thunder.
151 · Dec 2018
LOVE AND POLITICS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2018
In the little lies we tell,
To make the other see,
Those things we want,
In that special way;

The elaborate tales we share,
To create that picture,
Every other has fantasised ,
And daily longed for;

It is presenting a manifesto,
To captivate and engage,
Selling sand to Bedouins,
Or water to Atlanteans;

Sides of the same coin,
There is a prize to be had,
The means matter less,
The end, however, is worth every gimmick.
As far as that country is concerned, the love of politics isn't different from the politics of love. Nigeria, infamously described as a **** hole country by  President Donald J. Trump, mirrors everything illogical about anything anyone might think of. And that is really sad.
151 · Feb 2019
RED. RED. WHINE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2019
"Oh, does he still love me?"
"Can this be love?"
"Is he tired...of me?"
"But, but, why now?"

Cupid's arrow has come unstuck,
Aphrodite looked the other way,
Everything fades,
Including the magic;

So, when the day started cold,
No flowers, chocolate or cake,
Even cards bearing affection,
Then...maybe...possibly.
All the fuss about lovers' day and the many intrigues surrounding the day St. Valentine initiated the #RedMovement.
150 · May 2018
BONDED.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
There is no one like Hadassah to me,
No matter how pretty she may be,
I have won the only place in her heart,
Where only death can do us 'part.
150 · Dec 2019
THE COLD PATCH.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2019
Something's not right,
But I may be wrong,
Dancing to an unwelcome song,
As though we were in a silent fight.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2018
So, what if Allah is the greatest,
And pray five times every day of our lives?
Jihad has its roots in Islam,
And Islam is a religion of peace, most definitely.
149 · Jul 2020
SATURDAY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2020
Rainy, beautiful day,
And everything can go wrong,
Like a well crafted song,
Belted awfully in very way.
149 · Sep 2019
THE LOSE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2019
No one will ever know,
How deeply the pain went,
It is a festering sore,
Never healing, ever open.
149 · May 2018
ASSURANCE.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
There is no one like my woman to me,
No matter how poor she may be,
I will want her enough to make her wealthy,
And love her into a remarkable somebody.
149 · Jun 2019
ALWAYS FIRST.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2019
From behind, not inspiring,
Full frontal equally disgusting,
Breaking the hearts of many,
Booking shows less than funny.
The
149 · Apr 2019
BLANK FULL.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019
When fed with the hypocrisy,
And stuffed with copious mendacity,
You can expect smelly idiocy,
From the place common sense never shine.
148 · Dec 2018
EMOTIONAL FODDER. (2)
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2018
Taking my affections for granted,
Laughing in the face of my feelings,
Jailing me in the friendzone forever,
Ignoring my obvious sufferings in this matter;

I can barely face the sun,
Praying the golden ball never comes through,
The darkness has become my companion,
Not interested in any other opinion;

Until I found something quite interesting,
Never knew I had it all in myself,
There, in the corner of my resolve,
The mustard of strength to evolve;

I shall outgrow this phase,
Loving you is not a criminal offence,
Now that I  have turned this corner,
I really do not have any bother.
147 · Apr 2019
RESOLUTE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019
If you craved it long enough,
To live, breath and constantly agonise,
Even the constellations soon realise,
Reversing a bad situation is not that tough.
147 · Jul 2019
POOL. PEAT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here,
To scare the hell into you,
Feed you with so much fear,
So, you never know what to do;

We're your gods,
And we don't play,
We have the rods,
So, open! Whenever we say!
147 · Jun 2019
THE WEAKNESS OF POWER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2019
When confronted by a shift,
Even a slight ruffling,
The core explodes within,
Letting out an unsettling drift.
Chernobyl 1986 comes to mind as I contemplate what must have run through the minds of socialist power mongers that elected to keep a tight grip on their positions rather than help the people in the first few hours of that gargantuan explosion. EVIL.
145 · Jul 2018
SMITTEN.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2018
I am affected, I must confess,
By the beautiful words you prefess,
In your touch, the gentleness,
And in your embrace, the warm tenderness.
145 · Jul 2019
THE ORDER OF CHAOS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
The noisy calm shook the placid hall,
Eggheads in randomized order,
Knocking over spirited coconut heads,
Assembling to Brownian zigzaggedness.
144 · Aug 2020
THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2020
A teaspoon of doubt,
And a tablespoon of suspicion,
A generous amount of affection,
And a truckload of loyalty.
144 · Apr 2019
THE GULLIBLES.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019
They never fail to mix in the sunshine,
Will soak in the rain, even,
Just for a few naira notes,
Will sing and dance all day long.
144 · Jun 2019
OVERCOMPENSATE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2019
Just a little would do,
No need to o'erdo,
I am no ******,
Love gently, easy on the hairdo.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2018
So, what if we are tiny, yellow people,
In love with the tyrants that fetter us?
The powers are moving east, fast,
The oriental shifting of the balance of influence.
143 · Nov 2015
GONE LOVER.
Dada Olowo Eyo Nov 2015
Far from my embrace,
Left in this coldly place,
If again, I could touch your face,
And fill this lonely space.
143 · May 2018
THE INCONSPICUOUS.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
As a matter of unassuming disposition,
And like a fleck of nothing on the wall,
Unseen, unannounced, unrecognised, unknown,
Prominent enough to not see me coming...at all.
142 · Jul 2018
KILLED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2018
The latest, and most heart wrenching  buzzword,
Oh, whence art thine mercy gone, dear Lord?
In every story all shades of this word greets the eye,
In circumstances of multiple array the people die;

The children of state have become dispensable,
Daily losing our young brains,
The government of state no longer dependable,
Every time rhetoricising empty refrains;

Dear heaven, kindly hear our prayer,
Please, in timely manner,
Before our candles are snuffed out,
Untimely, in gruesome manner!
The killing fields of Nigeria...
142 · May 2018
ONE MOM.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
And she's all I've got,
Unique being, out of the lot,
Unimaginable personal sacrifices,
Deserving all of life's aromatic spices.
142 · Nov 2017
SOJOURN.
Dada Olowo Eyo Nov 2017
I seek a harder existence,
Someplace love offers resistance,
And laughter pricey luxury,
And nobody pays mind to a life of penury.
141 · May 2018
ONE, UNIQUE.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
There is no one like my love to me,
No matter how plain she may be,
I have traveled all o'er the land,
Even been to England,
But, there is no one like my love to me.
141 · May 2020
SYSTEMIC PANDEMIC.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2020
One thing only, that I ask,
That the people of state,
Remember the time of need,
How they left you to bleed;

Turned their backs on you,
Manufactured beneficiaries,
Profited from your need,
Out of stupidity and greed;

Don't forget in a hurry,
Lest in time all get blurry,
Abandoned you to your need,
Took everything, and your seed;

And gave you much excuses,
Why you must suffer,
Cast because of tongue and creed,
Deaf and blind to your very need.
The Nigerian government simply are uninterested in making life bearable for Nigerians during this pandemic.

COVID-19 has further revealed the unadulterated wickedness in high places.
141 · May 2018
EVERYONE HAS GOT SOMETHING.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
So, I find sob stories quite the act,
Delivered with so much tact,
Designed to appeal to quick emotions,
Salted by undercurrents of milky simulations.
Almost every living or dead successful media personality has got one of them - yes, sob stories.
141 · Apr 2018
DIE LEECHES, DIE!
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2018
Children of  state are cannon fodder for shameless political geriatrics,
Insidious devilish minds that swim in the blood of the innocent,
Feeding fat off the aspirations and hopes of vulnerable minds,
To the further, to the further! All you fiendish maleficent goblins of state.
141 · Jun 2018
SALLY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2018
She was a gift to phallus,
Taking the member wherever,
Eating, swallowing, giving head,
And in the end, impaling on sweet ecstasy.
141 · Jul 2018
THE JOY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2018
That no one can give,
That forms from deep, deep within,
That smiles in the face of everything,
That prays when others curse.
140 · Aug 2020
THE PATSY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2020
Yes, you took away our gem,
In such manner, quote gruesome,
With us, this star was awesome,
But you cut short the life's term;

No, you didn't act alone,
Couldn't have been a coincidence,
The accident was as pretence,
To cover up what they had done.
139 · Aug 2019
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.
139 · Aug 2019
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.
139 · May 2019
FRONTING.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2019
Between fiery and fun,
Eyes that make heads turn,
She pretends she hates my guts,
Yet  I colour the shape of her thoughts.
139 · Oct 2018
PROUD, AND THE ARROGANT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2018
One says "why?"
And the other, "why not?!"
Both are quite right,
If they saw beyond the fight.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2019
All digital, floating somewhere around cyberspace,
Independent from establishment,
A secure form of tender?
But well suited for malicious ransom.
138 · Jul 2019
ON TAPE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2019
The brash, uncouth, and verbally nauseating,
Evidentially disturbing scenes unfit for existence,
Unbeknownst to the vagabond in power,
His sons haven't gone unnoticed, this time.
A Nigerian Senator, the youngest ever to be elected, is caught on camera inside a *** shop days before swearing-in, assaulting a woman, using excessive force while ordering his armed police orderly to effect an arrest on the battered lady.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2020
A crowd of hypocrites,
Sitting behind hard or soft keyboards,
Came down ******* the superstar,
They threw all sorts of damaging words;

The state brought it's full weight,
Went in for the guilty verdict,
Made a show of the proceeding,
Slapped a fine and community service;

But another went afoul the same law,
Breached protocols meant to save lives,
Disregarded all safety rules,
Even flouted a presidential directive;

They simply turned a blind eye,
Choosing to prosecute a fry,
And letting off the lion and his pride,
Helped on by the folly of flippant masses.
A popular Nigerian actress has been fined, she and her famous husband, N100,000 and community service for hosting a party amidst Coronavirus COVID-19 14-day Presidential stay-at-home order.

Once the video of their reveling surfaced online, the whole of Nigeria went into an **** expressing vitriol.
138 · May 2020
PEOPLE CHANGE.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2020
Could be as a result of circumstance,
One situation could lead to happenstance,
Or a conflicted dissonance,
Even a bewildering lack of stance.
Things happen.
137 · Jan 2019
SOMETHING TERRIBLY GOOD.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2019
Every second that passes,
Sitting behind my glasses,
In front of my suitcases,
Tying down my shoelaces;

There is a constant bringing to mind,
Of a certain kind,
Quite visible, even to the blind,
Sure leaves me in a bind;

From the corner of me eye,
Descending from on high,
A portend written the sky,
No need for amateurish spy;

In figures, three of them,
Branching from a stem,
A well known term,
Not unlike an active germ;

Four, One, Nine,
Is it benign?
Be it...mine?
Or the very end, divine?
4:19. Means many to the many, especially those Nigerians. But I see it everytime, like 23. I wonder what it means, even so, now, we are in 2019. CURIOUS.
137 · Mar 2019
THE 39TH.
Dada Olowo Eyo Mar 2019
Eyes open to darkness,
Sweaty night,
In birthday suit,
Waiting on the cockcrow;

Completing another cycle,
The rise and fall of seasons,
Another rung up life's ladder,
Leaving behind, moving on;

I look at my daughter,
Then at her mother, my wife,
And then at this life,
Surely, all can be better.
I am 39 today. Enough said.
137 · May 2018
THE UNDOING.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2018
The days are black and all is in disarray,
The people of state are rudderless,
The children of state are lost,
The will of all is faint;

Uninspired by generations of cretins,
Unbelief spreads like cancer,
Uncircumcised vagabonds ravage the innocent,
Undesire serves all a dish of prolonged suffering.
137 · Dec 2018
LITTLE DOCTOR, BIG TROUBLE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2018
So it went viral!
Celebrity arrested for illegal possession,
Gun toting and threatening officers of the law,
Also, riding an unregistered conveyance;

Amusing, to say the least,
When news tumbled in,
That a popular face was arrested,
Then paraded like a common criminal;

Social media went into a frenzy,
As videos made the rounds,
Made to lie on the ground,
He and his companions;

But a magistrate has set him free,
Reprimanded and asked to sin no more,
Cleared of illegal possession,
Because he had a license, anyway;

Then we remember, from sometime back,
That this same celebrity is an ambassador,
A popular face for the law,
Wow! Even posed in that uniform!
In Nigeria it is not uncommon for the Police to rough people up, small people, folks who are small enough to get caught in their notorious web of vindictiveness. If you are not BIG enough or don't know BIG people then you likely to be in for unpleasant experiences; especially if you are not in the good books of the vagabond in power.

So Small Doctor, a popular hip hop artist got roughed up by the police and paraded like a common criminal, but unknown to those that made him lie on the road, harassed and effectively disgraced, he is a police ambassador. they claim he used a rifle to threaten a police warden on duty.

These people leave the mighty criminals that have wrecked that country to pieces, plundered and impoverished 190 million people to go chasing adrenaline junkies. SAD.
136 · Dec 2018
FAKE. KNEE. USE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2018
"It's not the original,"
"And that is final!"
"You...are you sure?"
"Yes, that's not pure!"

Excellent responses in deflection,
To items in post reflection,
Those things they want to wish away,
They tag and dismiss in a horrible way.
The proliferation of "fake news" has got many notable figures either reaching for elaborate lawsuits or suiting up and dishing out in similar kind. You fake news me, I fake news you. While most pranks or idiocies find their way into mainstream public spaces, a number of serious affairs are swept, unfortunately, into the bin of fake news. INTERESTING.
136 · Apr 2018
JUDGE ME.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2018
Not by the appearance of my demeanor,
Nor by the shell that adorns my breathing carcass,
Do so by the outcome of my thought processes,
And by the affirmation of my clear prophecies.
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