Sunday, February 15, 2015

THE MORNING AFTER – Adebanji Koiki


How she walked those heels were magical
Each step commanded decorum
Mouth aghast, wives clung to their husbands in fear
A beauty without company

A damsel
She could pass for a fine painting by experts
A body only fit for goddess
The reason bachelors work to impress

Only in luck did I get a chance to converse with her
Pity I suppose enveloped her to listen
Yet she accompanied my sojourn
Have I found favor or in a trance, perhaps she was tipsy?

Bright and early my soul surges and beside me lay the damsel
I had conquered the world last night
An achievement worthy of note to friends
She slept still as I beheld her face

Alas, she was not that damsel anymore
With the makeup had the beauty gone
The freshness was no more but acne
She was painted

I had been deceived
I had slept with a figment of beauty
I had slept with makeup
A story not fit for mention.

2 comments:

  1. The part where the guy said he woke up to "acne instead of beauty," I found that line very mean. I mean come on, who do girls make up for? Certainly not for them selves. Its for those guys who will then wake up the next morning and call them ugly.

    I think this piece would have been much better if instead the guy praises her natural beauty by accepting her acne and all. Then, your female readers will certainly get a boost of confidence about their beauty.

    Lovely piece though. It was so good it provoked me to write what I wrote above. Your lines were great! Flowed well in one accord. I'll be reading more of your work.

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    1. Peace! Peace! Your provocation is very obvious and I appreciate you for voicing it. You would agree with me that make up has gone beyond what it used to be, we see a completely different person when not covered in foundation. I appreciate beauty and I believe ladies are endowed creatures, my heartbreak when they choose to cover their real person.
      Thank you so much for the comment, my brilliant writer.

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