By: Basit Olatunji

Recurring phases, varying faces
funny sights, humorous scenes
soul-battering banters,
nerve-racking manners
beautiful cackles, ugly tackles

Everything!

Still fresh in my macro memory
like a morning dew
on sprouting fresh foliage
at a foggy waking dawn

I remember all!

Everything passes
through the arteries of my feelings
to the hollow of my heart
and the medula of my brain

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Basit Olatunji is a Nigerian poet, essayist and editor. He received his first degree in English Education and Master’s degree in English Literature at Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His first poetry collection, Thoughtful Reflections was published in 2011. Some of his poems have been published in Ijagun Poetry Journal and New Asian Writing. He is also currently working on his first play. He is on the editorial team of Ijagun Poetry Journal.