ELIJAH

Farah Izu
2 min readJun 25, 2023

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There once lived a man,

who foresaw many a folk’s feat,

but never said shit

to any curious creature,

demanding to see his star-sign

desecrating original design.

his gift brought him grace

amongst all hominin

even attracting plush feminines,

but his flesh was strict, and his spirit gay

and occasionally he conversed,

with Jehovah of the whole Universe

Jehovah’s orders to never tell a man his path,

boomed in his unlucky mind,

torture of unseen kind

Make it stop Allfather!

Give me your Ruth,

and i will only tell a man, the truth

and a pact was kept.

So men came with cases

of shame, fear and penury.

passing blame upon their own progeny;

oh did they bless him with gifts,

islands of milk and honey

in exchange for hyperspeckles of destiny.

Great kings came with golden crowns

and men of God with roman chaplets

the billionaires came with wagons

and artists carried their albums

the Oil dudes with their gallons

violent dogs and their add-ons

Techies and IQ mellons

Professors and jargons

Girls with big lemons

Olosho, the Heron

All of them

moved funny at his feet

asking him the same existential question,

Shall I witness, defeat?

and he said unto them

if you ever fall on your back

you get 10% cashback.

and a pact was kept….

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