{"id":91404,"date":"2024-08-24T22:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91404"},"modified":"2024-08-24T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:31:39","slug":"the-ride-lagos-madness-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=91404","title":{"rendered":"The ride, Lagos madness, and peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ride<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Patrick Anyanwu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His tires screeched as his mouth cursed<br \/>\nLagos monstrously busy traffic, he reckoned a race track<br \/>\nLike in a Hollywood car chase, he breaks every rule<br \/>\nThen, another driver too rough for his comfort, tumbles through<br \/>\nOur man, his ease, diseased<br \/>\nNot easing on speed though, foot glued down on the gas<br \/>\nMore aggressive road mayhem than a ride<br \/>\nHe spits a deluge of venomous curses<br \/>\nDispensed for one drive, but all got a dose<\/p>\n<p>He pulls out a bottle of perfume<br \/>\nSynced with the shift of the gear, curses turn to incantations<br \/>\nHe sprays himself<br \/>\nHis nitro inject<br \/>\nAn amulet in a spray<br \/>\nThen, in a heartbeat, as the gear snicks, incantations return to curses<\/p>\n<p>Another lap<br \/>\nAnother show down<br \/>\nRoad rage on steroids<br \/>\nHe presses down, shoving through<br \/>\nMaybe he was cast in a Mad Max sequel but missed the shoot<br \/>\nPassengers scream fear and concern<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019m too tired to complain<br \/>\nNonetheless couldn\u2019t help marvel at the audacious confidence<br \/>\nIn a spray bottle and words<br \/>\nOh well, I too have my confidence<br \/>\nHe who keeps Patrick, does not sleep nor slumber<br \/>\nMy elder brother in the storm-tossed boat thought the same<br \/>\nI closed my eyes to rest a bit till my stop<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf <strong>Anyanwu, a Lagos resident, sent this via WhatsApp.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ride By Patrick Anyanwu His tires screeched as his mouth cursed Lagos monstrously busy traffic, he reckoned a race track Like in a Hollywood car chase, he breaks every rule Then, another driver too rough for his comfort, tumbles through Our man, his ease, diseased Not easing on speed though, foot glued down on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":91406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772,11],"tags":[733,829,6762],"class_list":["post-91404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith","category-travel","tag-lagos","tag-peace","tag-ride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}