AGINJU BY ADENIJI FADHEELA
The strange forest…
Far beyond the rocks and the hills
Deep within the kurukuru and the fog
Where giantIrokos and Dongoyaros hug
Like childhood friends
Leaves seem woven like apeereeko
Branches look threaded like kikoelesu
Snow-whitish eye doves hoot
Like coal-blackish owl
In this strangerealm where masquerade wears
A coat of colourful feathers to earn the peacock’s bow
Where the lion, the king of the jungle feeds on the grass
And the deer quenches thirst with the lion’s blood
Ani se, ijapa, yanibo’s heartthrob rivals
The wild leopard in speed
The poisonous cobra spits not venom but honey
While the talkative parrot uses sign language
Alas! This forest of a thousand demons that lies ahead
The land of rekitesaperefoni
Feared and dared by many brave hunters
Many have failed and brought home bags of shame
Hmmm… Chosen or not!
If Hunter sola can dare the wilderness
I wonder.
