Break Me Out by Odia Ofeimun

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Away from the sweated faces

the grimy masks of harried lovers

who forget their vows

sucked into the battled frenzy

of spinning plastic coins

father, break me out


Away from fallen mothers

who forget their heirs

in burning nurseries

cuddling paper money

with orgasmic relish

father, break me out


Break me out in the dead of night

before the early cockcrow saps my will

before the rumour of breakfast smells

topples my driving will


Break me out, I’m willing

though tethered by the ankle

to wistful longings, to mermaids

the lagoon vomits and swallows

in rude gasps, rude deceits


Do, break me out

far out of the whirldance

that ruins

the whirldance that ruined them

our bravest, our finest emissaries


They traded their wills to the wind

till their hearts dissolved in black gold

They traded their heads to the wind

till they lost the message of the gods

Father, break me out.

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