Abuja (12)

Abuja, of a flood's nightly welcome
Fires up fantasies and washes away sorrows
Though cries of men and of babies spring forth thence

ABUJA (11)

Dear Abuja, aren't you in panic like Zaria, Awka?
I bring you saltwater shake, warm
For while men slept, #Ebola flew by night

*Poem was inspired by the recent 'salt water bath' rave which left Nigeria stricken and confused on the cure and prevention of the deadly Ebola virus

JOS

Dear Jos, of three scars whipped...
I heard, tore into your back again.
My darling, who'll save thee?

ABUJA (4)

Oh! How I love you, Abuja; 

But there you go, spreading yourself; 

Wide open to other men - hustlers

ROUT

A thousand thoughts stampede my mind

If my pen be slain on this field and my pockets bleed

Will my king be crowned? Or I be eclipsed?