Gboyega Odubanjo

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MAN HOLDS A STACK OF CASH TO HIS EAR LIKE A MOBILE PHONE

                                   & bops
on all the acres stunting
in purples and linen

his grin etruscan glutted
engorged he speaks in fancy   
                                   & bops

his head permed heavy like rain don’t touch
the rich   he’s losing sleep under goose down duvets
counting blessings bopping breezy like everything

everything copacetic everything the expensivest everything luxury everything for the
cost of it everything on credit everything highlife everything lovely everything     
                                   & bops

on executive mahogany
cranking that mammy this
my little mammy that
counting blessings
counting everything
for the cost of it      
                                   & bops        

                                   & bops

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GBOYEGA ODUBANJO is a British-Nigerian poet born and raised in East London. His debut pamphlet, While I Yet Live, was published by Bad Betty Press in 2019. He is a Roundhouse Resident Artist.