Mr. Politrickcian

“Vote for CREDIBILITY”

“Free food for all”

Free education;

Free this, free that!

Free pregnancy;

Free children;

Free liars like you!

poem by Adebayo Akande Smartfingers
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Pull my strings, Oh Muse!

PULL MY STRINGS

Pull my strings oh Muse,
And my smart fingers will
Dance to your melodic tunes
Of sturdy emotional 'skills'
And appalling witty cores
Table me a choice, Oh muse
Either road I choose,
Still pull my strings
For my audience are starving;
Their tongues of praise is parched
Buy my thoughts Oh Muse
Not with a meager penny
But with inspirations so many
many than the birds that board the sky
Let’s drench their burnt tongue
And fill their empty bowel
With stacks of poetic manna;
Oceans of rhythmical wines

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poem by Adebayo Akande Smartfingers
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Beauty personified

Portraying in true light, the grandeur of your matchless beauty

Is a quest that tends to the impossible

But, if valour be the worthy trait of word-knighthood

Then, the frail shadow of the seeming impossible shall I trail

Truly, the peacock has been adjudged “beautiful” by mortals

At the splendour of your majesty, it can only get uglier

To all that was, is, and would be, you gave inspiration

With a brilliant radiance, the sun illuminates the earth

And with a peaceful glow, the moon keeps the night awake

Without your tutor, of what sort a feat can they make?

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poem by Adebayo Akande Smartfingers
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