Too sweet,
Black boy from the Lower Ninth
Swollen face,
wrecked bones,
no sleep at night.
Too sweet in an adult prison
Trump’s America charged him with treason
Giving Nova Bordelon a reason,
To write and act every season.
For every black dude—
In the Lower Ninth, booed,
By the call of racists,
And the cruelty of the police.
A moment of an extraordinary poignancy
A pregnancy,
For the black writer’s pen.
I leagued with Nova’s voice—
In a fictional revoice
To un-voice the fiendish despot
Marring our society’s melting pot.
Black boys like too sweet,
Deserves everything, if not two, but sweet.
About the Author
AJAO, Ibrahim Bello. A young, ambitious and a prolific Nigerian Poet cum Writer, who’s living with the term ‘Valorous Son’. My writings dwell much into our present day life and fantasises into the future. As a graduate of Sociology, my works connotes social integration interpreting into social interactions which allows me to be more concerned about my sociation. Writing in the contemporary way of poetry is the only way I could seek to learn, unlearn and relearn everyday. I belong to a quite numbers of unique Poetry and Writing platforms such as Figures of Speech Movement (FOS), The Giant Pen, Poetry Invoice, Writers Connect (WRICON), The Zenpens and many others. Some of my literary works has been published on Anthologies and Magazines such as The Writers Role Anthology, The Giant Pen Anthology, and also ‘The Boys are not stones’ series which was just recently published. I’d received a number of awards to my covet as the Writer of the year in my department and as the Poet Laureate Award in the previous year.
You can enjoy more of my poetic works on www.ibbwrites.blogspot.com
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