SISI LEKPA

Deborah Abayomi Olutimi

You tok say 
You no kuku like am
You say e no fine
But im money 
Dey make you fine
An you dey jolificate
For Point an Kill joint...

The man wowo die
But you dey follow am
Go Obodo oyinbo
Yonder, you follow back
Go see Sunny Fine boy
U won chop Oga Wowo money
An you won follow Fine boy
Which one you dey?

You look mirror, come dey cry
Like pikin wey dey run belle
Say you don dey change...
Who no go old?
You no gree chop well
Becos you no wan turn orobo
You no sabi thank baba God
You hala Baba 
Like say you chop winch
Wetin Baba for do for you?

Writer's Biography

Deborah Abayomi Olutimi hails from Yagba–East, Kogi state. She holds a Master of Arts degree in literature (2006), a Bachelor of Arts degree (1996) in English, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (2016). In addition, she is a poet, teacher, researcher, lecturer, and short story writer. She lives in Kuje, Abuja (Federal Capital Territory). She can be reached at abayomiisalive@gmail.com.

She believes where a person lives should not determine who they become. Also, she believes that Art and literary works have a far-reaching positive effect on our world. She is interested in Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis, and Gender Studies, which are reflected in the issues discussed in many of her poems and literary works. Her poem - ‘Did you know’ discusses the subject of love from a deep and uncommon perspective, and it received a certificate of commendation from Khalil Gibran society Lebanon in March 2021.
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Her favourite books are Tayo Olafioye’s The Parliament of Idiots, Idris Okpanachi’s Eaters of the Living, and Remi Raji’s Webs of Remembrance. Her poems ‘He Came,’ ‘Come Beloved,’ ‘The Mirage,’ and’ ‘Machines’ were first published in The Herald Newspapers Ilorin in 1997.

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