This is not a poem
I repeat this is no poem
The guy who destroyed Ilu Gangan
Shall not partake in the devouring
Of the roasted Suya at the next Ileya
And may his leg know no dance
When the Bata drum is possessed by Sango.
Ase ooooo
This is not a poem
I repeat this is no poem
The guy who despoiled Oba River with his feces
Shall not partake in meeting Jesus
On his return from the visit to his Master
And he will be chased away from the coronation
Of his own son as the king of the crazies!
Ase ooooo
This is not a poem
I repeat this is no poem
The guy who challenged the veracity of Ifa’s claim
To ten goats and twenty yards of white cloth
While reserving ten times of that for himself
Will forgetfully go to market in his tattered towel
And that too shall be swept away by the good wind
And may the market day be a Saturday
When children will be around to witness the spectacle.
Ase oooo
This is not a poem
I repeat this is no poem
The guy who cut down our ancestral Iroko tree
To pave way for his useless canopies and other artificialities
Shall be asleep when those nonsense collapse on him
And may he wake up just in time to enjoy the pain
Of the beam hitting his mouth and displacing his teeth
And may the local doctors unanimously reject him.
Ase oooo
This is not a poem
I repeat this is no poem
The guy who slaughtered the communal antelope
Just to shear its beautiful skin for his foot mat
Shall attempt to cross the express without looking
And his destructive limbs shall be irreparably crushed
May the gods do him a favour and of his sight relieve him
So he wouldn’t have the sense to depreciate splendour again.
Ase ooo
(TBC)
July 5-8, 2012.
P.S: (Un)fortunately, I couldn’t resist the temptation to continue this series.
You might want to check out Random Run I-IV on naijastories.com. And/or check out Aturmercy’s critique of Random I-III also published on naijastories.com. And folks, I’ve got a blog now! Praise the lord! http://layrite.wordpress.com/. Follow me, please.
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This is not a poem, this is not a poem…
What is it then???
lol…i wonder oh!
Keep wondering then, wondering @kiah…
I wonder too oooo….
Thank you for brancing again…
@kaycee, the boss!!!
The guy who despoiled Oba River with his feces [faeces]
Shall not partake in meeting Jesus [Olorun.... etc]
On his return from the visit to his Master
And he will be chased away from the coronation
Of his own son as the king of the crazies! [madness?]
Ase ooooo
The guy who slaughtered the communal antelope
Just to shear its beautiful skin for his foot mat
Shall attempt to cross the express without looking
And his destructive [godforsaken] limbs shall be irreparably crushed
May the gods do him a favour and of his sight relieve him
So he wouldn’t have the sense to depreciate [appreciate?] splendour again.
Ase ooo
Just suggestions.
I like its via negativa: this is a veritable poem.
Good points.
1- Feces and Faeces: Well, that’s what we get when we allowed Bill Gate to force his AmE on us. My system automatically corrected that.
2. Jesus and Olorun: Hmmm, no. That wouldn’t go well with the next line. I also considered using Jesu but I dropped the idea at the end.
3. Madness and crazies: Yeah!! That would sound nice. Lets look forward to future editions.
4.Destructive and godforsaken: Yes, I agree with that one totally. Godforsaken sounds more angrier (or something)
5. Appreciate and Depreciate: NO. It is depreciate I want. According to Encarta dico: Depreciate: _transitive verb__ belittle something or somebody: to speak critically or disparagingly about something or somebody. That’s what I wanted.
I’m so happy you read it more critically. Shukran kathiran for those nice suggestions.
Aside: I like your cap, mind if you borrow me sometime soon? Visiting my in laws…
love it!
Love you too, dear. I mean- I love that you love this.
Thank you very much…
This must be a curse or an incantation…
i liked it though. keep writing.
@nicolebassey… If you say so… But I deny that incantation charge, you wan make them expel me from my mosque?!?!?!
Gracias, I will heed that advice if you dont mind.
Well done, layrite! I really enjoyed it. Especially its Africanness. Keep churning them out.
Gracias, senor @anonymous. Gracias.
Nice. I guess you are the knew custodian of traditional religion. Lol
No oooo. @chemokopi, I’m just in love with our tradition. Its real nice seeing you here.
Ha T9 you no go kill me O!
Knew is new abeg…lol
Phone browsing? Dont worry, it happens all the time… he he he
Hehehe…true.
I must say, Random Run has been a fun streak. Well done.
Thank you! Yeah, writing them has been fun for me too.
nice piece. really creative and truly NAIJA.
One nation na ni…
Thanks for coming, sir @ilerioluwa
Beautiful poem o jare
Beautiful comment @Nnenna-Ihebom. Thanks for coming by.
Wow…so tradition-ish and poem-ish in a funny-ish kind of way. Me likey! @layrite…
That should be good, huh? I’m happy you like it ooo. Thank you,@queennobo
Random run brings a lot of fun, even with it not being a poem…
With this your poem, all evil people will get their reward.
Well done layrite…$ß.
I hope they (evil people) are all brought to justice, @sibbylwhyte. I pray so. And we should all work towards making that happen up.
Thank you for your loyalty to the series. Really appreciate that.