THE GRAVE IS A FINE, TIDY PLACE
Written by Adebesin Ibraheem
once i toured the spooky cemetery
where the late illustrious leader numbly lies
inches beside his notorious predecessor
the beauty queen that rocked the world
sleeps there, distanced from the glitz of pageant throne
the ferocious villain with reeking records
lies amongst the souls he silenced
the immortalized battle-fallen soldiers
stone-dead to peace-keeping missions
the renowned protest writer haunted down parted
with his whipping pen and his forest of books
the mortician too mutely lies there
among the dead throng he’d himself laid
the stunning slut so sleazy in life, there laid the
world aches still with the pains she wreaked
the king that shook and moved the world now
still, stone’s throw to soundly sleeping slaves
the moneyed man with a richly wrought receptacle
i met him laid behind some pale paupers’ graves
dreary death depletes earthly eminence
the grave is a fine tidy place
if your earthly records have a fine tidy grace
Written by Adebesin Ibraheem
English & Literature Educator/Contents Writer
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Adebesin Ibraheem studied English (B.A., M.A.) and he’s an excellent educator (P.G.D.E, I.G.C.S.E.) with over 15 years’ teaching experience. His areas of specialization include Creative Writing, Grammar, Oral English (Diction), Literature, Reading & Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, English as a First Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL), etc. He’s a prolific writer (of poems, short stories, critical essays, etc.) and his first published work, ‘The University of Life’ was recommended for use in all secondary schools in Lagos, by the Lagos State Government, in 2011.
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