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Alagbada: A Poem by AbooNihmah: 9:00am On Apr 06, 2018 |
ALAGBADA Back then He was in uniform Uniform of power and authority Uniform laced with the silk of arbitrariness Encumbered with fear and force And the power to compel obedience Then came the clamouring for the local attire (agbada) Full remonstration with no barriers of hiatus Full opposition of the uniform was the order of the day Accompanied with full force, violence and vandalism. That was then, for He has now been cajoled into wearing the long, loose and spacious attire Dangling from his shoulders to his arms length But pushing it back in position to show is gentlemanleness But this new 'agbada' makes him shudder, bereft of ideas and perspectives. Slowly jangling him off in perspiration and fatigue But never is He willing to let go Now I heard another remonstration is on the loose A clamour for a change in attire Maybe the once rejected uniform will once again embraced Or probably the christening of a new attire. © Aboo Nih'mah |
Re: Alagbada: A Poem by warristanley99(m): 10:35am On Apr 06, 2018 |
Nice write |
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