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 </div><p></p>I’m back in this place where the moon rejoices<br>
at the hearing of melodious lullabies<br>
sung into the cranium of crying babies<br>
who are stuck to mother’s backs at the end of noon tide.<br>
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I’m back in this place where death raises the deads of the cemetry<br>
and hades and the grave bow their ugly heads at moonlight<br>
to listen rapt attention to the tales told by mothers that were alive<br>
on the day when Obatala ‘came’ here. .<br>
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I’m back in this place where stones were currencies of exchange<br>
where we display our goods by the quiet road paths<br>
and birds of the air serves as sales reps by lonely roadsides<br>
until a viable buyer surfaces from the side of the hills.<br>
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I’m back in this place where all spirits are gods<br>
except Alujaanu which is the only evil one<br>
that swallows our morsels of ‘fufu and eats our ‘mangoes’<br>
under the huge Iroko that sits in the horrible Irumole forests.<br>
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I’m back in this place where pestles pound the heart of mortars<br>
and the thistles from this blessedly cursed grounds<br>
sweetens hearts of mortals still<br>
where the birth of a new born is marked by the death of an old bull.<br>
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In this place where babies are not thrown in ‘kitten sacks’<br>
but on blessed backs that were bless’d of God<br>
A place where there is no food for lazy fools<br>
Fools who sit on the labour of the masses have no place at home.<br>
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Home is not blocks and walls<br>
It is not bricks and clays<br>
It is not delicacies and strife<br>
Home is dry morsels with peace.<br>
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I’m back in this place again<br>
I’m back to my roots<br>
Home! Sweet Home! I come<br>
where honey is a feeling and not a nick.
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