cradled between birdsong
and the lingering tenor
of a blue-grey sky
poised between chilly serenades
and a sweat so out of tune
with the season’s breezeglued to a soiree of lizards
and their red-headed nods
in the nooky shadow of a turgid noon
torn between tomes
which read my thoughts
their studied spines
so lean and learned
with hieroglyphs of
unanswered summons
taunted so forgetfully
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by the endless honey
of your lush alluring words
warmed so softly
by the absent flame
of your quickening song. . . .
sigh of the seasons
the universe craves
the steady sunrise on your brow
step out now
let our day begin.
*Imuniti un-arrestability. A Yoruba coinage from a conflation of “immunity” and “impunity”
**For a peculiarly Nigerian meaning of this word, I recommend a quick journey to Honorebu, Akeem Lasisi’s rip-roaring video.