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TABULA RASA

Afolabi Faruq O. 2001 (Ejigbo, Osun State.)

Free verse
Long ago...
I heard the cry of the new born baby — all agog.
Mom said his folded hands were full
of his livelihood and sustenance.
Now, in his immaculate maturity —
I heard that he slept and never woke up
Oh! Danny said his house got burnt.
Iya Deji claimed he was terminally sick.
I heard all, but what did he take along;
when he was dying?
Ngozi was born, seven days ago.
I had to check the fantasy — I then forcefully open the folded hands
Oops! It was all a lie. Now I know -
We came with nothing
And we are absolutely going with nothing.
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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJAKAJJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 549
Words 118
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
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Afolabi Faruq O.

Afolabi Faruq O. (Faysmart) is a budding poet, selective reader and computer operator from Osun State, Nigeria. A personality with a blend for reading, speaking and relating with great and like minds. He's an aspirant of Federal University of Technology, Akure. He has poems published in Sailors Review, Zimbabwe and The Times Diaspora, Kenya and elsewhere. He has participated in kinds of anthologies both locally and intentionally. He's a lover of Arabic Poetry and he writes them too. He's a Muslim. more…

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