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MAN, MONKEY, MONEY... by Tukur Ridwan Olorunloba


Day12
365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge

 Man , Monkey ,Money ..

sanity stumbles in a state
of erratic emergencies...
.
a poem once said with his voice of lines
that we are in a jungle -
.
some of us were bought 
into the zoo some years back. 
.
we are still animals anyways. 
.
we torment the ears of tourists
with our voices of vanity -
.
noises, nonsenses, nuisances
being made of our niche as mankind. 
.
we have been tricked with bananas
of lies once again by fellow sapiens
.
and we go bananas
when mon-K-eys munched on mon-eys...
we should find the direct variation
(K is the constant).
.
we chew this fruit of falsehood in futility,
sweet as the lies we lick everyday. 
.
the primates in us have found
a safe haven in humorous hoaxes.
.
we hang on trees of tricks and theft
and take things as thrown at us,
.
and go bananas all the time
while monkeys digest moneys in their system
and grow with millions!
.
if bananas are good for man,
then money should be, for monkeys too. 
.
we have swapped our sanity 
on what is due to our Caesar-
let monkeys' to monkeys be,
let humans' to humans be. 
.
primates have come to take what is theirs
from the back to the front
on the lane of evolution,
.
and men have become monkeys now... 
.
we have gone back to the roots. 
this is another civilization:
an inverse variation
on anthropology.


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Tukur Ridwan Olorunloba is a socio-political literary advocate and a Nigerian Poet and Essayist who hails from Lagos State, attained his B.Sc degree in Political Science; University of Ilorin, Nigeria. His love for poetry has landed him a contributive role in the Nigerian literature since 2013 when he began the journey of writing. His works have appeared on online literary platforms such as ace world and words, rhymes & rhythms. He is currently a freelance writer, with special focus on poetry on any theme or any form. 

 e-mail:
mctukur@yahoo.com‎
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Photocredit :Ogar Monday Akuni


Comments

  1. Jaachịmmá Anyatọnwụ24 February 2018 at 04:04

    Wow! Damn!
    This... I sigh for Nigeria.

    Deep inking, Tukor.

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    1. Unknown11 March 2018 at 10:12

      Thanks to your comment, dear Stefn Sylvester
      indeed! A sigh wearing the apparel of hope for Nigeria,

      Delete

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