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Peculiar Yeke Nigeria
Poet, writer, public speaker @ Student
Kuje, Nigeria
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In People and Society 2 min read
Long Jumper
<p>You're so slim</p><p>Don't you eat</p><p>Oya get multivitamins</p><p><br/></p><p>You're so fat</p><p>He's overeating na</p><p>Everything inside mouth</p><p><br/></p><p>You're so fair, see your veins are glowing through your skin</p><p>Na bleach she dey bleach</p><p><br/></p><p>You're so dark</p><p>(Giggles) Black Panther, charcoal</p><p><br/></p><p>Very long legs</p><p>Why aren't you playing basketball or running?</p><p>Your height just dey waste</p><p><br/></p><p>Long skirts, turtleneck shirts</p><p>Mary Amaka don dey come</p><p><br/></p><p>Crop top, bum shorts</p><p>Ashawo, olosho, see her stomach</p><p><br/></p><p>I got a managerial position</p><p>You're a girl na, probably she used her body</p><p><br/></p><p>Omo, I'm going through a lot (cries)</p><p>You're a man, men don't cry</p><p><br/></p><p>Hi, I'm a 33-year-old spinster</p><p>Of course you've used bad behavior to chase away suitors</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm a 40-year-old bachelor</p><p>He's been building his life</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm in love with this Hausa man</p><p>You go dey love almajiri</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm in love with this Igbo girl</p><p>You want to buy car as bride price abi</p><p><br/></p><p>Meet my Yoruba friend</p><p>Ahhh, you're going to that dirty house</p><p><br/></p><p>I want to marry a Tiv man</p><p>Is it rat you want to be eating</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm a Pentecostal</p><p>No ohh, I can't marry you, all that your cabas</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm a pastor's child</p><p>Na pastor pikin spoil pass</p><p><br/></p><p>Hi, I'm a Nigerian</p><p>Of course you're a scammer</p><p><br/></p><p>Hi, I'm a northerner</p><p>Maybe you're part of the bandits</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm a lawyer</p><p>Of course you're a proud person</p><p>Of course you're a liar, you lie for a living</p><p><br/></p><p>Hi, I'm a student doctor</p><p>Proud beings, sorry we can't be friends</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm a university dropout</p><p>Of course na you no fit focus, read book</p><p><br/></p><p>(Sings) I'm an upcoming singer</p><p>Na pride, she wan show off</p><p>Or you see, you don't have plans for your life</p><p><br/></p><p>Hi, I'm not financially stable</p><p>Yeah, you're poor because you're lazy</p><p><br/></p><p>Hi, I'm very rich</p><p>Of course you were born in a rich family</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm a young rich boy</p><p>Na Yahoo him dey do</p><p><br/></p><p>I just got an iPhone 17</p><p>Na man buy am, she don dey sleep around</p><p><br/></p><p>I have multiple piercings and a small tattoo</p><p>Avoid am ohh na ashawo</p><p><br/></p><p>We've become Olympians</p><p>Yes, you and I.</p><p><br/></p><p>And we chose to be</p><p>field-event Olympians.</p><p><br/></p><p>So choose—</p><p>long jump,</p><p>pole vault,</p><p>or high jump,</p><p><br/></p><p>because that's exactly how</p><p>we jump into conclusions.</p><p><br/></p><p>We assume someone's the way they are</p><p>because of ideas</p><p>we have drafted in our minds.</p><p><br/></p><p>So we diversify</p><p>and add shot put and javelin</p><p>to our field events,</p><p><br/></p><p>throwing spears and weapons</p><p>at their personalities,</p><p>their identities,</p><p>their choices,</p><p>and their beliefs.</p><p><br/></p><p>No gold in our possession,</p><p>but gold medalists</p><p>when it comes to assumptions,</p><p>judgements,</p><p>and stereotypes.</p>

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