{"id":24780,"date":"2023-01-10T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T06:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/?p=24780"},"modified":"2023-01-10T07:29:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T06:29:31","slug":"poetry-habiba-dokubo-asari-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/poetry-wisdom-nemi-otikor","title":{"rendered":"Poetry &#8211; Wisdom Nemi Otikor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>I Talk to a Friend About Heartbreak While on the Third Mainland Bridge Watching the Waters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI do not know if I can bear this pain,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain and its many manifestations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and your heart becomes a victim;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">another statistic of the frigidity of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So here I am, stuck in traffic\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">admiring the beauties the waters offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third Mainland Bridge has been setting\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to some picturesque Romcoms &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current Scene: the hero\u2019s best friend\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">encourages him to fight for love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I\u2019m not having it,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not the flowery that is pop culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, I am human, man, boy, friend<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I listen with \u2018heys\u2019 and \u2018awwnns\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And words like \u2018you guys look great together\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it\u2019s true, because love makes us heroes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">larger than life, unreachable, untamable<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Till breakfast is served and we remember,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overfeeding like kwashiorkor is sickness too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And love is food<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe was home,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home. I know he awaits the poet in me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to spew some poetic philosophies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But today, I am linguist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, was: A verb, past form<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and they say love should last forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, here I am. In Lagos traffic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on third mainland bridge<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overseeing the waters<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could be a setting to a romcom\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I remember the people\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who chose this waters as path<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the afterlife. Do not say suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen will you be home,\u201d he asks,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and here I become friend, home<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon, I say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as Lagos will let me.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Talk to a Friend About Heartbreak While on the Third Mainland Bridge Watching the Waters \u201cI do not know if I can bear this pain,\u201d he says. 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