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 </div><p><em>Drink! </em><br>
<em>Drink of the bridal juice </em><br>
<em>That soothes the thirst of bachelorhood </em><br>
<em>Sway!</em><br>
<em>To the drumbeat of matrimony, </em><br>
<em>To the dynamics of love </em><br>
<em>That angels will never know…</em></p>
<p><em>Put on the ‘natif’ of fatherhood </em><br>
<em>And brace the tree of family…</em></p>
<p><em>for Age tastes better with a good wife </em><br>
<em>The favor of God preserving</em><br>
<em>the youthfulness of love…</em></p>
 
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 Kingsley U. Ayistar </a>
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 <div class="be-author-meta be-author-description">Ukpanyang Kingsley Ayi alias "Ayistar" is a 500 Level medical student of the prestigious University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. Born in the early 90s, he hails from Odukpani Local Government area of Cross River State. He is a Christian, a lover of words and writes for edification and motivation. He believes that "Talents and Gifts are tools for building our God-given dreams into reality." Though without an award yet, his works has been published in several poetry anthologies like Via Grapevine II, Epistle of Lies etc, and other poetry sites online.</div>
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THE CUP by Kingsley U. Ayistar
