I laugh at the incalculable mismatch of some couples,
Because like mosses on tree barks, they tether, unbroken,
Their informality screams symbiotic permanence, yet
Somewhat woody, carved, sculpted in laughters,
At play, intuitive unsustainable calm before comedy erupt,
Not unlike the fancy exaggeration of Nolly stars,
Where they trade popularity in numbers of online friends,
Or how many likes they got on Instagram, after divorce,
All between couples are cast in plastic and breakable marriages.
Remember the reputation of the eagle who roosts on a rock,
Whimsical , dressed in colorful feather, carries accented bill,
Touts significance, boasts of most chicks, in black sanctuary,
Squeaks calls for peace, squeals; chicks are safe and free.
Why brag of strength, when your young are abducted from schools?
Why spread your wings wide or flap in other territories?
Weep, gather your ragged convocation, protect your roost,
Then, think, fight this mismatch of strength and action, now.
Cash Aiye-ko-ooto
In over 115 works, Nigerian American, Cash Onadele Aiye-ko-ooto’s oeuvre spans several creative genres. He wrote and produced The Noble Warrior staged in theatres in Abeokuta and Lagos. 2019 4-part ethnographic fiction drama titled 'Blood of Freedom'. Additional works followed, 55+ children youth and adult stories, screenplays, novels, novellas, children / youth short stories, and collections of novellas. Before fiction were poems. 52 anthologies of poetry, he famously cataloged as 'Odo-Alamo Series'. He is a prolific writer, a culture-aware philosopher, poet, and playwright. Cash is 62 and lives in Lagos and Texas, USA with wife and business partner, Denise Marie. The Yoruba native brings indigenous Juju voice to storytelling. Aiyeko-ooto built the world's largest library of individual poetry work. The solid enrichment of his volumes in songs, ethnographic plays, and stories with literary devices make them appropriate for entertainment and teaching of literature to secondary and tertiary institutions. His ambition is to contribute to development of youth and creative arts in Nigeria. Cash, an Architect, graduated from UI, (BSc, MSc) 1987, University of Nottingham, UK (MBA) 1993. He walks, writes, and mentors writers. He accepts international bookings for Readings, Public Speaking, and Poetry.
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Until the pride is stripped back and the eagle looks at its ragged nest with honest eyes, the strength it boasts about remains nothing more than a performance.
A heavy, necessary wake-up call.
Great poem Great Mage.