The traffic wriggles between us Slithering from Ozumba to the Lagos Island A growing snake, intent on devouring our day I know exactly what’s on your mind As you dial my number and my phone begins to pulse: It’s going to be the same excuse I gave yesterday Now I want to turn back, give … Continue reading
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DEATH CAME KNOCKING—Philosophical Quagmires for Rosemary | By Ayo Sogunro
When your dad died months ago, barely a week after we met, I acted sagacious. I delivered my one-liners and pithy comments instructing you on how to face the future and how to focus on hope and not despair and more nonsense like that. What did I know? It’s easy to be a philosopher when … Continue reading
THE ANTHEM | A Lyrical Analysis by Ayo Sogunro
The strains fall gently, Familiar tunes, softly Infiltrating the spores of the mind. The anthem, emblem of our kind. PART 1 1. ARISE O COMPATRIOTS ‘What! Were they asleep? Then leave them, let them keep Their just reward, just a minor tip. Heaven knows, the sweet dip Of the body in the Lethe of dreams … Continue reading
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