Makers of kpamaku

Only a total finish provides
the awesome sight of
those indelible tattoos
Crafted real on our "kpamakus."
We met it from time to time
only at the finish line.

We do wave and dance
With our "kpamakus"
Boasting feats to our mothers
Always happy having us gourmands
Who never stopped until
A touch of those lines crafted by
The makers of "Kpamaku.''

Those plates of yore,
Surviving the ages like sages
Unbreakable...iron-like slates
Pounding grounds...
Childish drums...
A dept, we never knew.

In scorn, we laughed
But the lure of the West,
South and North was not for them
Who from the East are here firm.
Die-hard Grafters - "Chingo Parks"
Opening and populating our spaces,
Creeks, villages and towns,
Building parks, Real shops...
"Chingo Shops."

Welcome to reality!
The days of "Mongo Parks"
Are gone..."Kpamakus" were real
their makers are making new reels
Uprooting old fears, and feelings.
Made in China is tearing away here!
Made in Nigeria resides where?

Eriata Oribhabor

Something for Everybody
(OL FO NAIJA)
Lagos-Naijiria.

One face one book

On this place,
we talk...
Walk and talk with one Face.
Plasters of the Book
of our secrets are rummaged,
laced and posted
live on open stages.

On this place,
we reign...
Over our walls as kings
and as Queens we wail
springs of thoughtful lines
Buttered in million Likes.

On this place
we are Book Worms
Reading, Writing and Building
Friendships without borders.
Neither Edo, Ibibio, Igbo, Hausa
nor Yoruba's will face matters
Like One Face, One Book.

Eriata Oribhabor
Something for Everybody
(OL FO NAIJA)
Lagos-Naijiria

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