GET UP THOU SLUGGARD

You sat so long,
Like sigidi, god of transfixation,
You sat in silence and solitude,
Falling in love with Buddha’s pose,
Like the external image on a catholic door.

It’s 5am , and you’re still tossing left and right on the bed,
When your mates are up already for the day’s work,
You finally rose up to resume at your favourite spot,
The shade under the ODÁN tree,
You sit there all day playing AYÒ
At the end of the day, you want to eat a 5-star meal,
Magic won’t do it; hunger will teach you a bitter lesson.

At your workplace,
All you engage in is useless unyielding gossip,
Bringing detriment to the organisation,
Whether the boss makes gain or not,
Your salary is your concern,
My brother, the food you buy with that money will harm you because you haven’t done the needful,
Needful as expected of you.

You sat underneath the oguro tree,
Expecting its froth of nature’s wine,
Without making effort to tap it,
Anticipating a non-forthcoming miracle.
Sitting idle will not yield anything,
Get up to duty and do the needful,
Involve your CREATOR,
And the sky will be your starting point .

##KING##

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12 responses to “GET UP THOU SLUGGARD”

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    Anonymous

    Good writeup 👍👍

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    Anonymous

    I love this👍👍

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    Anonymous

    Inspiring

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  4. Toluwalope Avatar
    Toluwalope

    Nice Poem.

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    Anonymous

    🥺this is lovely😌😌

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    Anonymous

    nice

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  7. Ewaoluwa Avatar
    Ewaoluwa

    Very Precise and Succint.
    Good one!!

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  8. Obaba Victor Ogunele Avatar

    I love the imagery used in this poem 😁, the sigidi and Buddha’s pose got me, lol.
    Well-done, King🙌🏾

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      Anonymous

      Very interesting, i love d poem😘😍

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      KING

      Thanks boss

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    dynamite2005

    Wow… A nice poem

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  10. joseph seun Avatar
    joseph seun

    Wow. So beautiful. “like sigidi god of transfixion” gets me everytime.

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