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THE CHARGES AGAINST ME by Michael Inioluwa Oladele

Michael Inioluwa OladeleJune 19, 2016July 15, 2017

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They sent me to prison
They say I cover the sins of the righteous
and reveal the truth of the liars;
but am just a small boy called Silas
putting ink down on paper

They say I hate the hungry farmers
they say I loathe the poor people
people as fat as Grandma’s needle;
but I don’t hate nobody
for after the farmer farms the farm
who comes with the cows to cause the harm

They say I love hatred and silence silence
they say I do not want out soldiers to win;
but I hate never been to the front
though I sit always with the devil’s box in front.
For a wise man once wrote,
‘There are kings and there are puns
Who takes the glory when the war is done?’

They say I hate justice
and am a threat to injustice,
They say I have a pistol
and that I must die;

But
who fears death?
for I have neither gun nor pistol
just a small pen bleeding blood
and I am no threat to justice
for I am just a small boy named Silas
putting ink down on papers

THE CHARGES AGAINST ME by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
THE CHARGES AGAINST ME by Michael Inioluwa Oladele

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Michael Inioluwa Oladele

mikeini1998@yahoo.com

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2 thoughts on “THE CHARGES AGAINST ME by Michael Inioluwa Oladele”

  1. Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu says:
    July 6, 2016 at 12:25 am

    This piece is from the depth.

    May You not loose your pen

    Reply
  2. Hannatu Adamu says:
    July 8, 2016 at 11:07 pm

    Truly mighty is the pen!

    Reply

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