All Intelligence, This Child Tasting The Soup, Not Mad, Just Insane
By Idowu, Stephen Olufemi
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All Intelligence
Human!
Yap! In attention
I am
What ail thee, so idle?
Why so relaxed, in feeble comfort?
Yelling in a fooling comfort
Scorning time to a waste
Oh, get not ignorant!
This soothing comfort
Tantalizing comfort
All Intelligence
So swift, So flighty
Than the Architect, the Inventor
In twinkle a time
Information is gathered
A composition is made
Me, stress disposed
Reason unburdened
Life on pleasure
Needs sourcing at ease
On a platter of All Intelligence
Human!
Yap! In attention
I am
See e!
All Intelligence
Not soothing comfort, Painful ruse
Not tantalizing comfort, Draining enclosure
The intelligence is cloned, that man is a robot
The Intelligence is tamed, that man is a puppy
What a doll, the man becomes!
It is an exchange!
The Intelligence
Fiction for Reality, Life for Death
Time will tell, Season will open
What is Intelligence? The Intelligence
The Intelligence, Enduring Intelligence
The faculty of man, reasoning made redundant!
Heee!
What a secret, a Bubble burst!
Not All Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence
Ploy redundancy, Trick Moronity
Banish Creativity, exterminate humanity
Generating corruptibility, enliven fantasy
Bravo!
That truth, you search out!
Artificial Intelligence, you caution embracing
Artificial Intelligence, you probe engaging
Originality maintained, humanity sustained
That man is man, that man is human!
- This Child Tasting The Soup
Its scent filters the nose
Warming, cooling, hot-fresh
Silvering surface, dilating
Tempting, immersing bowling full
This soup of Ivory Tower
Sister Come, Brother Come
Both, watch the soup
To keep for you and your family
Lead to a safe place and share for all
What? Struggles, Sister-Brother
Sister tripped the brother, Await Sister
Sister maneuvering, lone to keep
This massive soup of the Ivory Tower
Her choice assistants, puppy assistants
Left, right, roundabout sister dollies
Total stranger, sister in the safety of Ivory Tower
Never keep a unit safe
Never keep a department safe
Never keep a faculty safe
Yet, manoeuvres fresh Ivory Tower soup
Keeping safe, self-evasion
Amass the dollies, puppies, monkeys
To keep the soup, she stirs to scoop
What a mess! It spills to the chest!
What a stranger, wandering confused
Stranger!
Yes, a stranger
Will wander and always wander
The atmosphere unfamiliar, the topography is alien
It’s all confusion, it’s all dilemmas
Ivory Tower soup spills to waste
Not wise stranger, foolish she is
Not asking for ways, the pride of ignorance
Wise stranger asks, takes counsel
Not missing the way, keep safe the Ivory Tower
This sister, a foolish stranger, messes with the chest
Foolish keeper of fresh Ivory Tower soup
Face-scaled pride, enmeshed in childish puppetry
Compromised Ivory Tower’s delicacy, this fresh soup
It’s getting sour, not momentarily steadily-steamed
When ready, others to serve, I fear
Family!
Why remain dumb?
Arise! Shout! Cry!
Let all hear!
Let all come!
Let all see!
The strange sister, keeping fresh Ivory Tower soup
Spill to chest, to waste
Safety! Safety! Safety!
Fresh Ivory Tower needs
Avoiding a sour taste
When ready, others to serve
The family’s delight
The pride of the Town
The Ivory Tower’s Gown
The Universal Crown
- Not Mad, Just Insane
What a sign!
Sign of insanity
Knotty unkept hair
Dancing in the pavilion
Full Full-grown prince in ecstasy
What a sign!
Sign of insanity
Tattered cloth trousers
Holed trousers all around
Christened crazy jeans
What a sign!
Sign of insanity
Rough cloth trousers
Ugly all around
Christened dirty jeans
What a sign!
Sign of Insanity
Not worn by Presidents
Never on Governors
Absent on Chairmen
Why this insanity?
Ravaging the Ivory Towers
As a dress code of pride
Where is the yester year?
When the Ivory Towers
Pride the Town to Gown
Awake, O Sages!
The echelon of wisdom
In the bosoms of Ivory Towers
Parade the Excellence of the Gown!
By the procession of decent dignity
To the insane of Ivory Towers
The mirror to the Town!
The sane excellence of Gown
To decry
Dr. Idowu, Stephen Olufemi an Associate Professor of Language Education, records over 30 years of experience in teaching, research, and leadership, with expertise in language education, literature, reading and methodology. His academic career spans across various institutions, including Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, University of Ibadan Affiliate Degree Programme, Ekiti State University Affiliate Programme, and Lagos State University of Education. As an administrator, Dr. Idowu has held various leadership positions, including Dean, School of Languages; and Head, Department of English. He has also served as Chairman of several committees, including the Students’ Disciplinary Committee, Quality Assurance Committee, and Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee. In addition to his administrative roles, Dr. Idowu has a strong research profile, with current research interests in areas such as the role of Nigerian literature in developing emotional resilience, integrating AI into language learning, and the pedagogical implications of AI tools in language learning. Dr. Idowu has also demonstrated expertise in teaching, having taught various courses in language education, literature and methodology.
