First Gong Vol. 8: Thrust FIRST GONG 8 THRUST | Page 233

When you told the same person
Now your lover, I am your brother
And continued to lie about ‘lappy’
We both know
My sin is not that I lied
It is that I told the truth when I should have lied
It is that I swung my hand to your face
When I should have taken a walk.
This I regret.
I know I would not have the chance
To tell the Debos of this world the truth
Not when you had her lie to my face
I know the Aunty Olaitans of this world
Like Ebetile, Rooney and Sister Taiwo
Would only get different versions of ‘your truth’
If your versions are true
and this is the end
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