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I HAVE SEEN SOMETHING The news enjoying the taste of the lips of gossips and the data of social media sensation is none other than the news of the agency under the presidency’s office that is being argued as to whether it exists or not. The invisible line that used to divide social media commentators into proponent and opponents have also seemed to vanish on this issue because I am yet to see anyone making excuses on behalf of the federal government why this error, fraud, scam, or blunder (for lack of the proper qualification) should happen in the first place. Here I was thinking there are linens that should never be brought outside even after they have been washed, and in my opinion, this is one of them and this has left me wondering.  I AM SAYING SOMETHING See, I know that we, Nigerians, have a reputation for things that will blow your mind, wild things like snakes swallowing money, monkeys stealing money, termites eating evidence, orders to shoot on peaceful proteste...

My mother had a lore One that I have tried to ignore “Cats are to be feared Of all, black cats shouldn't be dared”   Tonight must be cursed There is a cat meowing the moon-lit night It might be too late for remorse Without a chance for flight 

Be gone for a day, Be gone forever, The road home never forgets. She is sometimes beautiful, and sometimes ugly  And sometimes she is both Depending on the memories she holds She changes her shade like a chameleon She is fair with her scores In both our wins and losses Like the sun shines on all irrespective Turn in her direction The nostalgia will pour in Like the intoxication of a cheap strong rum The road back home Is the only road that leads us back to our thoughts

There is a man with a gun at my father's door The streaks of blood in his eyes make it obvious what he's come for. THE COWARDS WE'VE BECOME https://audiomack.com/tee2emm

Coat Of Shame is a Spoken Word Poetry EP that will surely leave you awed.  To much talk will drain your curiosity, so I'll leave you with the link to judge for yourself. https://audiomack.com/tee2emm/album/coat-of-shame

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"I've seen the world in a glance And it's beautiful Despite our cruelty...." The candle went out before the last line The paper still lies blanketed by dust Like a few others craving the tickling tip of a pen. 2 years plan to change ground This is the second of the two Orientation changed but the ground stayed the same I guess abortions don't happen to babies alone Broken ties and pacts New nylons to fix them back But they seem to have defied all tact It seems to have been a year of clumsiness Promises broken even before they were made My nephew is yet to get his chess board My niece is yet to go out for that vanilla ice cream And Blessing is yet to get a make up for her eluded birthday. I could as well promise only to fail again. The year seems to have beaten me to the finish line She went from January to December I'm still struggling to leave the cradle of January.

Soldiers sown in the field And bodies usually are the yield Bodies of strangers, friends and colleagues Leaving survivors with long lonely monologues Rendering life without taste or feel   In this clash of elephants The casualties include animals, civilians, even infants. That is to say but the least. Vultures gather in circles to feast On the remains of once beautiful living beings.   Where then is the profit of war? When rebuilding cost so much more Both humanly and materially.

I can tell your are not just idling here Tell me the secret your heart holds dear I can hear you even if it were a whisper. I can feel your heavy presence Like the unseen shadow of a stalker There is something in the dark air you breathe The corners of my eyes keep catching glimpses of your dark hue Till I shriek from the fantasy of what you may do Even my shoulders drool from the weight of your presence I have fancied you in songs and lores But here in your face, I'm not sure what I feel anymore Now I know to beware ere I jump in a cheer. #ThomasTee2emmBot

I have seen 14,976 sunrises and sunsets I have seen same number of moons in the glory of stars I have slept on 14,976 nights (Well I might skipped some) I have seen 14,976 Christmas lights I'm still waiting for the ones to come I have seen 11 leap years But I can't remember if they played our superstitions In the course of these 14,976 sunrises and sunsets I have met the kindest and the ugliest; I have been my happiest and I have been my saddest; I have been my coolest and I have been my craziest; I'm yet to go gray, so I know I'm not my wisest But it's all in the count. Come tomorrow, I will see my 14,977th surise

I fear that I might die But this is what I dread the most How would it feel for my soul to watch my wife cry? This thought is all sea without a coast I smell the stench of the rot of this life But how will my soul cope with the stench when this flesh rots in the grave? I'd rather live here, live through each day in strife Sometimes even a coward needs to be brave I fear death because of the those that love me I dread death for my own selfish reasons Whatever the reason be Death never has a right season

My day dawns when your voice tickles my ear drum Loving you daily is a duty I must perform You are my favourite classic song You perpetually will be on a replay Roses talk but today they are inept when it comes to what I have to say Today I have a bucket list of a million things You bind them all like a titanium ring You are where my sun rise and sets If I keep staking here, I’d never lose a bet Sunrise is promised tomorrow but we are not quite So now and today is all we can claim as our right Reasons for which to smile these days are too few And mine is and will always be you You are my recliner while watching the beauty of this world of ours Let’s build our own watch towers You smile with the sparkle of a million stars You have healed me of my ugly scars  Loving you has helped me sail this lonesome universe   Let's dance into the quietness of tonight You and I, jettison all fear cos today just feels right Let's run away to our beautiful memories Let's be scout...

Two imperfect pieces of a puzzle Striking a balance is always a struggle But we found it in the strands of love Like fires burning in a storm Keep it aflame to stay warm. Yes! We fanned it with the fan of love It is a quicksand all around But a solid ground we have found We trailed it with a compass of love. Hot red burning coal everywhere But we have subdued our fear. We sailed over it in a boat of love Doubts and suspicions sometimes sneak into the recipe Coincidences will make all pan into the scenery But we separate those with the ceive of love Striving to do what we said yes to With sunrise and sunset we grew Every raindrop has helped us bloom Our moon and stars are agroom Love has given us wings to soar Against all the odds we've grown a thick fur. From straws of nothing, we're building a home Hand in hand we will surely make it to Rome. I love you my own queen Beyond the wild's eyes have ever seen Happy anniversary to us.

The wrong foot The right direction Balm will only sooth   Heaven does forgive Humans hardly do With our score we must live   There is the moon There is the sun Maybe we are just cartoons I just breathe the air that I breathe I fall where my feet falter I just mean to right my wrong Hoping you will sing the right song #ThomasTee2emmBot

 From both sides of their mouths lies spill These consciences have stayed fallow thus it is hard to teal The darkness here is not scared of light The tiny voice inside has lost this fight Those that write right have lost their quill It is not that we are oblivious of the forbidden feast in the village square It is just that we no longer care It is not that we don't know what the roaches have to share Or that the rationing is not fair We are the onlookers waiting for when the fires will flair There is a ghost with a whip Actions are dear but words are cheap We juggle issues and nurse frivolties Who cares since there are no ties to the casualties Administer this corpse a bag of drip This head has been severed from its body The grave will always win, no need to lobby Let the body go where it please You will be surprise how the mountain will go into a keg with ease Look closely greed is now a hobby Without will power will make you a slave Thus let every man dig his own grave The chiefs...

I have known joy I have felt pain I have had a toy And I have had a migraine But all of those came at different times   I have had a frown I have had many a smile I have groaned And I have held my ribs from laughter They all came at different points   This time Both pain and joy came simultaneously Both laughter and frown came at the same time This I call Toyorat  

There we sat Our hearts racing at the speed of light Then came the doctors in a file Only this time not wearing white Though the wait was short But given the time, it didn’t seem quite   There was an incision Then came the shrill cry There laid the exhausted mother Then there was a lovely child Right there awesome God showed his might   It has been prayers, long wait and hope It all just grew wings and now it is a-fly        

Schools are longer safe They are now hunters’ cave We came to learn They come to earn   Home has left the home leaving a house Uncles now chasing nieces’ flower like a cat chasing a mouse Fathers are now boxers, wives are the training bags Don’t blame the lizard, blame the many cracks   We used to see the light at the end of tunnels B ut now we sieve the sun through funnels #ThomasTee2emmBot    

There are bigfoots in my head They seem to love what I dread I have cried and bled but no one cared I am becoming what my fear has bred I have fed caution to my demons Now they show up for no just reason Dancing, both in and out of season The doom looms, no need guessing There is a serpent by the tree of knowledge We will eat thereof and change our page There is a birth-right and there is a porridge We will give up our rights for a cage For every deed there is a proportionate wage There are more sides to this coin than two Your picture depends on your view We sometimes swallow whole when we bite more than we can chew We were moulded from right but now wrong is no longer new In every walk, we make the right and the wrong steps In every beautiful art someone sees the wrong stripes

You have rekindled our candle that was blown out In expectation, mommy and I have opened both arms Just the thought of you brings us butterflies Every time you kick, mommy wants me to see, But I look at the light you bring to her eyes. You are our big bowl of bliss. The thoughts of you tingles like a sip of a seasoned wine; Thoughts of your frail fingers wrapped around mine. Bees will always collect honey, it just takes time In you we've found a bridge over darkness, We have out-maneauvered sadness and found gladness. It, all, has been grace and not righteousness. Be nice to mommy while I am away. She is all mine, I'm just lending you a place to lay, I will see you soon when the wind sways. I love you both with every breath in me. Yours daddy.