Lagos By Bin Zak

LAGOS

Oh Lagos!
The dog that cannot
For a second refuse
The bones of bedlam

Oh Lagos!
An enclave where fowls
Chew uncracked pebbles
With enchanting crackles

Oh Lagos!
The lissom lioness that
Mothers a masked calf
And baths it with
A cistern of blood

Oh Lagos!
The giant who lives on a hill
And for no single reason
Should be hidden

Oh Lagos!
Great, you're amongst our states
For, far-far from your womb
Pundits have descend'd

Oh Lagos!
The comfiest home of and
For Industralisation
More ginormous than numbers of grit

Oh Lagos!
The municipality
That is girdled with the idle
Who for heaven's sake
Feign to be traders

Oh Lagos!
The haven that is abreast of Heaven
Owned by none
But dense with All

Oh Lagos!
The school of fishes
And priceless leaking lakes
And an abode of Obas

Oh Lagos!
The site of excellence
Answer my cawing callings!
So I can curve like a millet leave
In genuflecting to you