Now I live in the thought
Of living in our world
Where we would
Sit on a plank
With tires beneath the buttock.
The world where
Learning is made easy;
Everything with efizzy.
Our head under the locker,
As cane feasted on our back;
The bombom hot like fire.
The world where our crush
Would hold in her hands
What should cover our feet
While we showcase our
Talent with a circular object
On a rectangular-shaped dry rugged open.
One Parle-G for the Gee;
One Vanila for the babe!
Groundnut causing a fight
Between Tanfinrin and Banana
Inside a nylon.
The world where humans
Were spread on the cracked hot soil;
Bowing to the ground as though praying.
Alas! Mr. Ponk arrives
With Master beside.
Different sounds in agony,
Light skinned or ebony;
Little did we know
It was a time of training.
Trained unconsciously to go
Through hardest times of life,
Though we felt humiliated
But now it’s appreciated.
How time flies
With our world behind.
I wish we have it now
To join the world we have.
~ ADELEKE A.O.
© THE WITTY