Olusola Ajibogere
@olusolaajibogere
1 year ago
Civilization Queer than Sodomy
Before, sodomy was not known;
A country wiped out
Left
Its name as a
Sad reminder of a
Sin loath by God.
My first coming;
Dogs copulated with dogs,
He-goats with raised upper
Lips chased she-goats;
Goats ate grass,
Dogs behaved as dog,
Hunters whose foraging
Had known the bowel of
Forests gave reports of
Lions roaring as lion and
Grunting exactly buck's grunt.
This was my first coming.
A dog copulating with a goat
On the open veld
Welcomes me to a second coming
Of confusion;
Lions’ bleats confound me,
Goats’ roars send a
Cold shiver down my spines,
Squirrel chases the hunter pass the
Village square into
His house;
Humans invalidate the
Age-long law of magnetism,
Like poles now attract like
And we declare it the new
Found human civilization.
A fellow took me to my first grave
To remind me of virtues buried with me
On my last burial,
And shut me up of all complaints.
I have seen sins, worse than
Those of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Send Sodom and Gomorrah to
The very pit of hell,
But bring them here first
And let me apologize
On God's behalf,
Before I divorce my wife
And marry a fellow male.
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