Wisdom Adedeji, NGP xi, is a Nigerian genre-bending writer. He studies Geography at the Unversity of Ibadan and writes from there.

Repentance

I sit on the palm of God, & toy with the devil’s testicles.

There is no space in hell again, & right now,

a furnace is being prepared on earth/ to burn me into ashes.

A boy pooped on the palm of God, & says its the purging of one’s sins,

he ejaculated on his wrist, & says it’s a way to lay down burdens,

says it’s another way to exaggerate holiness.

But in truth, that’s a euphemism for telling God to let go.

So I fall from the hands of God into darkness, under the devil’s laps.

Between his laps, there resides a clitoris, Delilah’s den, Jezebel’s pit,

and two pillars named Sodom & Gomorrah.

Dining with the devil is interesting,

especially when you use a short spoon.

He’ll teach you how easy a sin is,

he’ll show you how to build castles of unrighteousness in your mind.

So I eat from that apple in eden.

& now I’ve become a branch, with no fruits,

with no leave, with no life. Now I pray not to get preyed,

by the filthy hands of Lucifer, so I plead to God in this poem.

I’m too unrighteous to build an altar In this poem,

so I sneak through the back door of a bible,

and say; I am a temple of God. a living sacrifice.

I suck from the leaking pipes of psalms and say:

Lord, hide thy face from my sins, & blot out all my iniquity.

For I’ve been washed in muddy rivers,

but lord, please; purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.

Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

Trust my mouth with your name,

oh lord; & I’ll trust your hands with my heart. Amen.

Contributor’s Bio

Wisdom Adedeji, NGP xi, is a Nigerian genre-bending writer. He studies Geography at the Unversity of Ibadan and writes from there. His works have appeared/are forthcoming on Kreative diadem, ice floe press, Kalahari Review, African Writer Magazine, and elsewhere. Meet him on Twitter @wisdomadedeji.

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