LET'S DANCE

by Oladepo Joshua T.

 

LET'S DANCE

Let's dance, today, to the rythm of the drum,

Like the madman pottering in insanity,

Or a drunkard besieged of the rum,

Spitting parables to the wind aptly.

Let's dance swiftly on our stop to hell,

For blessed be the woe that surly awaits,

Mayhap of this darkened voice impelling

Our soul to the dreaded Lucifer's bait.

Let's dance with our sole matching,

For this last ancient drizzle,

And the misery beleaguering

Our fading grizzle.

Let's prance widly for it's the end,

To the sweet tune from the wiry Àyànganlú,

Whose beat, to the bleeding heart, succor it sends,

Nevertheless, we'll be feasted soon.

J.O.