Love Poem: Spell of a Stranger
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Written by: Oluseyi Akinbami

Spell of a Stranger

The sprout of momentary illusion, 
the voyage of a derelict dream in place of a lie,
the lure of April, the deceit of May concertized in December, 
in wintry snow, mocked, 
miscarriages of a well worn organ,
the grin  of February,  
suspended in September,
the burden of unconquered Lust,
the armies of censorial  secret "bedders",
begging for the abandoned  rottenness on my path,   
obsequious frenzy of the hasty oath at Ikoyi, 
the stealthily lure of a defiled bed before the oath, 
the desperation of "a wanna be" by crook,
hurried by the mascara coated looks of a  postponed "dowried hariotery,"
A bedfellow from the red zone, 
an unrepentant  Gomer, 
The armies of bias exes overwhelmed the gaze with suspicions, 
compelling through diurnal and surreptitious escapades in dark corners,
allured by unfinished lust, 
to the city centre for a quickie,
And  myriads of men hides in ambuscade save one, 
with threats of kill  for suspending  their “off home” secret lush 
The public  mistress unfit for their homes, Yet suited for their Lust  by turns 
she warmed our beds they say'
purloined  for your Fall of a few days, 
The bawd roamed unrestrained,
'Don't talk to me'  she says.
Unbridled concupiscence her forte, 
forty plus years in the trade, 
well versed in the art 
The sneaky nights, 
the secret calls, 
the Stygian services, 
and countless gift of libidinous frivolities. 
Yet their victim must remain mute, 
as truly the drama unfolded , 
all appeal rebuffed by arrogance,
as they taunt with permissive perverse Laws
convinced on the first day. 
Converse for four weeks, 
conscripted in one week 
“conbedded” on arrival in same day,
Correction of a fool, 
concluded at the Court. 
Then in retrospect, Delilah  revived.