OPEBI
By Akeem Lasisi
Your fame smells sweet
Your name rings a bell and a winning spell
Your addresses open doors
Like the green ink of a rated king
Yolk in the Lagos albumen,
Jungle is an aberration in your world of bliss
Sanity is king and peace is queen
You drip with affluence and influence still
Whenever I visit here
I do not fail to feel the Londonic sensation on Toyin Street
At Gbemisola I reconnect with the Abami Eda
In his museum of trumpets and prison shots;
I find my way to Salvation end,
To meet the stars on Coliseum nights
So, when next you too hit town,
Around here you can find your way to Ibis,
Or you book a tryst with Western Best
White House or Water Parks
1960 a friend in deed:
Rain or sun, dawn to dusk
Legendary Sheraton beckons tourists with open arms.
But, Opebi, let me take a bow here before it’s dark
Before the birds of easy virtues
Storm your streets in skimpy wings.
ALSO, ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL POETRY ON LAGOS:
