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Poetry Play #17 by Abisoyee(m): 9:00am On Mar 04, 2016 |
http://penastory.com/2016/03/04/poetry-play-17/ Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji and Nellie V. O. S: Can you hear the rhythm of the rain? Do you understand the tongue of thunder, or the language of lightning? N: Can you feel the wind as it brushes past your skin? Or hear the droplets as they make their way into puddles? S: The sky bleed with no doctor to bandage its wound It bleeds onto the swollen foot of the gods And the lightning laughs at it While the thunder testifies of the sky’s trouble N: The squirrels scamper to their tree holes And the snakes imitate the same into the ground The tears of the sky ceasing not S: The inebriated earth now emits back sky’s tears And its vomits flood both the flora and fauna N: But can we question this? Of course not For we have no control over any Being only human S: Can’t we beckon the rainmaker To cast charms on the sky before the sky uses us As handkerchiefs to wipe away its tears? N: Or can we go on our knees and succumb to the punishment of our deeds? S: If we do that, the water will feed on our weakness And waste us We are supreme beings; A king doesn’t kneel, even before a kinsman N: As supreme as he is… A king also listens to his people Levelling himself to hear their opinion… S: Being keen differs from kneeling It’s a long walk from the ear to the knee Knightly kings don’t engage in this walk N: Truth be told Humility is the backbone of success As humble as nature is to the voice of the gods So should we all to the voice of nature S: If so, let us all succumb to this sea knocking on our doors and walls Let us die water-death How beautiful it is to be buried in a liquid coffin! N: For death is death Be it liquid or solid For you know not when you die As quickly as you forget the cause of death NB: Poetry Play, a product of Artilogue in partnership with PenAStory, is a game in form of poetic dialogue for every poet on BBM. It is a game of two poets: one drops a line or more, and the other replies, flowing along until one of them gives up, or the poem gets too long. Every poem formed from this game will be published here (penastory.com) every Friday and Saturday. So poets, are you ready to play? If yes, contact Samuel via BBM: 7f5210ec Source: PenAStory www.penastory.com
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