Sunday, 30 August 2015

PITTANCE by Olaniyi Abdulwaheed

Here comes the visitor sent from men of upper chamber
To stage masque at the corridor of our life
Pittance as its bard
To entertain us with confetti of misery
Delouse the hope; guard dime with termite, besides the lice

Oh! Windfall blew with the flute of whirling wind
At corridor of dusk and dawn, hope, glare face,
Traders on horse rode with caravan at the heart of green-desert,
But with empty hands, home they come

Pittance pinched the day
Dearth petrified the night
The moon yawned and squatted its light
The dawn wrestled and hustled
Like a lush that lost his way home

Father!
Who is there for our day?
Who is there for our night?
Where is the eye of the sky?
To see the way to Heaven

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