I hope it makes your friends happy

the thing about living, being a human
cannot be exhausted by trivial
conversations, man’s deeper than rumen
there is a wait, a weight, and being aerial.

there is pleasure, punishment, and penance
if you choose to do or not do by you
the dice has rolled for you, inheritance
village no dey do all of us juju.

the cross you chose, the road you must walk through
to the end all the way to cavalry
where words become scorn, and lies become true
and all you are left with is flattery.

so this is how to choose what is or not
close the doors, windows, eyes, lips, and face North.

Victor Oyedele