Odukoya Adeniyi

A Cotyledon

an ambulance pages in almost immediately father grabbed his crutches
for a short walk
                      I stroke into a whirlwind rubbing

a maestro siren cassocking
                                            this dampened alabaster    behind the door    I stood
as   tightened   lungs    spiked
to bleat like calves
                                  debunking lactation

an ideology creeping out of          a bespectacled study guide—I stood naked
like an erection erasure
                                 I retract into celluloid
                                                            a cotyledon of weak wicks
a starburst
forthwith a war spared                    his face   chauffeured rain     opened a bird of hungry elegies
a distant owl cry waning
I sing   I sang   I sung

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Odukoya Adeniyi is a Nigerian poet, author and essayist. He is the author of the poetry chapbook, Preserve This Light, published by PoetsInNigeria. Reach out to him on twitter @adeniyi_odukoya.