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Genre: Ijala Title : Ikooko (Wolf)

. Ikooko ajegun jeran Whose howl troubles animal's hearts For his barks makes them frightened I call thee.. to the midst of precarious hunters to feast on your flesh and bones your blood on this forest we shall toast . Ikooko the wild dog ambushing in the darkest pitch at the darkest hours of the night to search for prey to fit claws on. A predator to feebleminded mungus whose days are appraised with sharpened claws Ikooko the jungle beast Whose teeth scares the wild rabbit For your lost soul tonight we shall camp To roast your flesh with firewood like boyscout as we gather in troops and batches reuniting the slack chains of the Great Bards Anazodo Jeremiah  the kolo lawd  Cheers with me as we gulp down the red wine tapped from the blood of the beast. Yahya A Gimba the vicious hunter Whose machete slays more than a  sniper chew with me the bashy meat Chopped from the left wings of the beast. as your pen hunts down and causes weird emotions  on the face of readers. Ol...