June 4, 2013 — ManCee
June 4, 2013 — ManCee
AM, zero four fifty five
A new day has arrived
Internal time things connive
Nagging me worse than a wife
Eyes fiery from sleep deprived
Fibre by fibre, the body lights its fire
Like yesterday I awake
Thanks mumbled to the sky Sheik
Steak, pancake, which shall I make
Each thought waking with a headache
Today, somehow seems like yesterday
I thought as I exhaled
Hot water my back to bake
As thoughts turn to filenames and dates
Today I’ll do something new
Board the bus for a different view
Cool. My ennui perhaps to undo
Headphones on to a new tune
Weave my way in school lines like a corkscrew
The last yards my bus to pursue
Tiny seat next to a tattoo-ee to make do
Today starts off all anew
But yesterday seems its preview
I thought warily with a smirk
‘Surprise’! It’s the same office clerk
Perky smile and things blowing me a peck
The people are nice and its good teamwork
My sleeves are rolled to get that bonus perk
Remind them I’m damn good at this brain-work
Work before pecks, not here to shirk
I do my bit to get us that fat extra perk
Present cogitations and presentations
Deadlines met, signatures on parchments
The day is done, young and like rodents
We all scurry off in complex movements
Each to his own and present vestments
I’d probably run into Miss Irene
Next door neighbour, dense as concrete
Quick pleasantries and bolt like an athlete
Half nude bad tit-job swaying like on heat
Back in my crib, seated in my favorite seat
Finish this poem and send it off quick
Order dinner and some sweet treat
I’d think Naija and hear her rush-hour streets
I miss the heat, the loud street beats
I miss being just like the next guy
Charcoal face not darker than usual
And daily attempt to prove my meat
Something tells me tomorrow may be same
Perhaps tomorrow I’ll finally be sane
Sane enough to go back to naija.
Or finally be grateful for what I have here
And with hope, wait for yet another day.
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About ManCee: Calm, likes to think ‘cool’. Lasgidi born, bred and buttered insomniac, engineer. Loves smiley people, cartoons, photography, music, spicy food, walking, poetry AND gadgets. Oh.. and garri :)