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Rock is as soft as pap,
Elephant is like a mouse,
Lion begs for food,

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POETRY

The World Is Going To An End

—POEM by Abubakar Shehu Omotosho

(Translated from Yoruba)

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The wind blows but cannot fly dust,

Rock is as soft as pap,

Elephant is like a mouse,

Lion begs for food,

The sky is as flat as pedestrian way,

Grasses turn houses,

Crocodile swallows wisdom and idea,

Child cries mother cheers up,

Jellyfish now lives in a thick forest,

Lice stands to bear ìrókò[1] tree,

Chicken dreams to ingest fox,

Bedbug heralds to suck shark’s blood,

Songbird starts singing sad songs.

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(Self-translation from Yoruba)

 


[1] Weed

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Abubakar Shehu Omotosho

Born and bred in a symmetrical community “Baboko” Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, on September 18, 2003. Abubakar Shehu Omotosho is an inveterate poet and playwright.  He attended his primary education at Eruda L.G.E.A primary school while his Secondary education at Baboko Community, Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria.

Abubakar Shehu Omotosho is presently a student of Kwara polytechnic, studying Mass Communication. Abubakar Shehu Omotosho has been writing staunch short stories since a student of SS 1 class. Having had his secondary education, he published his book “The Deceptive Friend” in 2021. Later on, he started composing poems in 2022.

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