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‘POETS ARE LIARS’, ‘DO NOT WAIT FOR ME, BELOVED’ & ‘MEMORIES I’ (three poems by Emmanuel Karibi Obuala)

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POETS ARE LIARS

Do not take these lines to heart
for they're the many facetted words
of a poet open to an endless sea
of intentions. Mind you,
'poets are liars', they say.

Do not give them thought either
no, for they're elusive
like the whooshing sea breeze
& thus do not hold for you
even a pinch of salt,
let alone pass for a discourse.

Pass on without a word
pass on as cold as a
raspy harmattan morning,
bland & husky with fog

Pass on as deaf as a stone
to the fetching syllables of this verse
for they're the slimy old serpent
waiting to beguile you into
the things to that you should
keep away from, that drives one
to the edge of the cliff. 

Pass on as keen as a distant stranger
for this verse is not for you
& is aeons far from you
like the cerulean sky
from the deep blue seas!

Pass on complacently & without
a grain of empathy for these lines
for poets are epistemic lunatics
hopelessly lost in the utopic
jungle of their thoughts. 

O you must watch your steps
even as you pass by
& never fall in love with this poet
lest you forget your gold in his poems;
fall asleep on delilah's thighs
& wake up a slave to a habit
of perpetual anguish

For his words are charming &
succulent as mango fruits &
bitter-sweet & stale as vinegar
& robs you of the peace & bliss of innocence

O poets are liars, are scheming,
quixotic minstrels who more
than often, knows better than the truth,
to dazzle folks home with
gongorism & striking metaphors

into battle with the world,
armed only with the cudgel of pain & dissent.

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