Catch Me If You Can
Tresh Cobhams Shegun 1994 (Abuja)
Catch Me If You Can
If I hold your hands & build a 'ship' With you _ it will be a Sampan made entirely from rotten hickory woods
& In the centre of a vast depthless sea it will halt & disintegrate to potsahrds & I'd be a hand tucked in the rift of venom-mouthed quills,
A succulent cupid that limped into the belly of a Parazonium & a crippled toddler trapped in the sphere of leviathans
No doubt _ indisputably_ unarguably your glamour, splendour & physiognomical pulchritude outstripped the glitziness of the folks of Heaven's nub
But I've seen the Parazoniums & sabres with the wild capacity of Hurricane Katrina in your eyes_ the way your irrises trudged after moneyed outfits, quaint & big-bodied cars, well-dressed men reeking of gold, emerald & vast doughs
Your mouth_ the way they scuttle into peoples affairs & how all that flowed out of it are porcupine quills capable of demolishing homes, unions & balmy commradre
Accidentally I ran into the old box incorporating your 'privates' & guess what I stumbled at the urburn diary incorporating things you want before eighteen, all you need before twenty & all you'd need after twenty
I saw all you'd need after twenty-two which is your current age: you'd need a man & you drew a thick line under the HEIGHT_ he must be tall, six feet, square-souldered & you sworn if he's not towery he'd be a temporal object of fun & am only five feet & my desire is to stand on the rose-quartze with you till infinity.
I saw the page three: he must be long-nosed, naturally pink-lipped & fair as the sun atop its capacity & you swore with your life to stick to the wish
& Am black-bodied, charcoal-black lips & I carry the nose larger & wider than two river Niles joined together.
I've seen the conflagration waiting to gulp me
Standing before me is a fire-gutted hell-hole & I refused to be an object of fun
Now am legs in fast motion catch me if you can.
About this poem
The Poem about a lover who discovered he's dating a lady with phony feelings for him, then decided to call it a quit before he gets jilted.
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Written on March 08, 2022
Submitted by celestinevictorson on September 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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