Curved in the brambles by AREMU OLATUNDE

A rose flower ran over spikes

under the running halcyon stream

the squirrels chirp their ways

through holes and divergent creoles

the deer stands hand akimbo

a shot of furtive glances

at the oncoming predator

as the night crumbles into mountains

the tiger’s maw gripping leaves

and sands and granites

chaffs and mist scent of after rain soot

the grim reaper pierces the sun

clamps down on the flow of fate

a diamond returns to the rough

the derelicts have come to the station

of grief and lonesome indulgences

mouths backstroking unnamed places

turgid eyeballs loop over grumpy skulls

here is the lot of men

for a token of life not given

a basket of jeers

and cackles of regrets

siting a fork in the road

we plumb the footpath

curved in the brambles

Aremu Olatunde is a performance poet , and editor and a voracious reader. He straddles investment strategy and wandering around his thoughts.

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