Tale of Maduka and Kasiemobi’s Annulment:

No, well meaning woman

enters into a relationship,

to be defrauded

A partners hands,

full of gray goldenrod...

Flawed giving ones all,

a tank will run on empty

Maduka needs

to be kicked to the curb

for being a sponge,

Kasiemobi’s mother divulges

He can be dense as sponge cake,

yes

and as sweet...

You’ve got your head

in the clouds Kasiemobi-

Support goes both ways,

like crossing busy streets-

Maduka a relationship

cannot survive on love alone-

Maduka don’t ogle gobsmacked

Kasiemobi scolds...

I am at a loss for words-

Speechless like a cricket without

moonlit song

Kasiemobi acknowledges...

Lover my needs may

come off like crossroads

Sweetheart don’t be

dumb-stricken

by materialistic things

clinging dearly to objects

like we live as kings;

They cannot be taken to the grave

Nor give you wings...

Only strain like hamstrings

burring us in burdens!

Kasiemobi merely stating

feelings on a page,

without inflection

to me,

is poetic enough

Sheesh!

I’m vicious as a mongoose,

entitled people,

loose sight of this-

Dearest,

I am not here to provide

like masculine rhyme

As you’re not here

on knees,

to cook or clean

Let my integrity

project from your abdomen-

For the love of god,

don’t play me like a gamelan

Looking out for one another is key—

Shedding light on, being

one another’s halves-

Kindly, shut your air hole!

I am a whole,

not needy as a newborn foal...

Read between the lines of condensation or exception-

Someone who can’t understand nuances

What the hell even is this!

You want a pet,

like a parakeet

or for me to pat you like a dog?

What’s your hustle,

what do you bring to the table?

My condolences

on your bitter stage of life Maduka

Sounds like you’re making

campfires with books!

If you must break the rules,

make sure, not to be deceitful

KNOW rules

you’re breaking!

You should

care for your man

as he cares for you, Kasiemobi

Karma will, crack you, Maduka

like writing on the wall-

haphazardly, hackney, horrifyingly

As entering into a relationship

with a karmic partner...

INTENTIONALLY

buying their love,

gold diggers,

will surely appear

as tower tarot

spells destruction-

After our annulment-