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  • Ibadan Express
  • Moyosore Orimoloye (bio)

Bus driver loses control.I tell him we paid him to get us to Ibadan,Not our ancestors,Not God.The pastor screams Jesus,The girl fiddles with her inhaler.But the two women beside me,One with one or two black teethAnd the other with one working eye,Laugh on, undisturbed.Knowing that if this bus tumbles,They'll fly—Away. [End Page 145]

Moyosore Orimoloye

Moyosore Orimoloye is a poet from Akure, Nigeria. His poems have been featured in the following online literary journals: The Ilanot Review, The Kalahari Review, Brittle Paper, The Rising Phoenix Review, Afridiaspora and Arts and Africa. His poem, "Love is a Plot Device and your Insecticide is Not" co-won the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award in 2016. He is the executive editor of Agbowo, an online literary and visual arts journal.

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