Vernacular Mistress

Their relationship

A poetic diction

Giving room for freedom

Taking down all languages

Like revolutionaries of old


Not a sound sense

Making language her foot stool

Creating vague words

Bringing back medieval times

Telling ancient African tales


Shooting language in the face

Beautifying colloquialism

Expressing one’s self

Giving recognition to informality

Doing away with language distinction

Forming a path of it’s own


Written by Tosan Oluwakemi Thompson


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