Attraction

Attraction is the key

Nothing in you

The world hates you

I think I was fourteen 

I rode my inherited brother's bicycles

To school

They left home to school 

And gained admission 

Into varsities and academy 

Then I was lonely in their inherited room

As the fourth child 

In the family 

I had two bicycles 

All to myself 

And a large room

With two empty beds

I could have been 

A womaniser

And would have had 

My babies much earlier

A privilege that many

Who did

Think 

Those who failed 

To do same

Are nothing but irresponsible jerks

Still I keep wondering 

That lately 

The room was empty

Then late daddy 

Relocated factory to Lagos 

Infact my only sister 

As third sibling in the family 

Had relocated much earlier 

Before the two guys 

Stayed with our uncle in festac

More or less like a house girl 

Cleaning and taking care 

Of uncle's wife

Then my last brother last born 

Had three beds in the larger room

To himself too

And it was difficult to enjoy them

Then we both took the advantage

That we never really

Do

Cousins came along 

And we chat upstairs 

But I choose because 

I enjoy the luxury 

Of riding bike to school 

More than anything 

I think my brother 

Rode the second one too

Rayleigh 

While I rode better one 

Nicknamed Benz

My friends flocked to me

Because of this attraction

Particularly one ferocious 

One called adeoye

Wouldn't leave my said 

And we rode back home 

Almost every day 

It was the only attraction 

He saw

Not me as the prefect of student hooligans 

In my school 

And also a leading student 

In English language 

Give mathematics to my second brother 

Sunday

And then I recalled

Was there no attraction in my life

than the bicycle?

I realized it was true

No one loved you 

Unless they could get benefits 

From you 

Practically none

And it was truly evident

When daddy's soft drink factory 

Crashed

We were booed silently 

I saw the body body language 

As semantics 

I could decode the metalanguages 

It was real

People are after attraction 

Not you

Yourself is fake

If there's no attraction 

Nobody loves you 

If not for attraction 

In most cases money 

I said money 

Or exploitation 

Either to exploit you 

For money 

Or pack or collect money