I Beware of chatter full of clatter as a prattler on a platter II Beware of matter full of chatter as a trapper in a litter III Beware of chatter full of tatter in a wrapper as a shatter IV Beware of clapper full of glitter as a trigger for a capper V Beware of lather full of patter as a plotter in a totter. Ben Ezeohagwu is the first black African Writer winner of Onigraffiks Prize for Literature (2017). He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, and can be reached at Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com; www.africanamericanuniversity.org; +234 81 731 755 40.