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 </div><p></p>Itomo,<br>
With go and go my fathers had served you,<br>
Itomo,<br>
With do and don’t my mother had served you,<br>
You made them dance naked in the horrendous harmattan that crossed from the north<br>
They obeyed like a bird without a song<br>
The only song they had was<br>
Itomo<br>
You made them pay obeissance to your totem<br>
Promising them victory in several war<br>
Itomo,<br>
You were indeed true to your promises-<br>
War booties from the north<br>
Slaves and “idakole” from every port<br>
Itomo,<br>
Since I was a child I knew you<br>
I knew your witty chilvaric abracadabra<br>
You bade me cast to river<br>
River “Oya” that flow from Osun to “odoigbo”<br>
Itomo,<br>
I survived your attempted infanticide<br>
Yet my fathers and mothers were carried away,<br>
Marooned to an eldorado of their utopian mind,<br>
Away in the razmattazz of your “owusuwusu”<br>
The spell that hypnotized their consciousness,<br>
Itomo, I say no to your proposal<br>
I decline to be your worshipper<br>
Last night you took away my father<br>
Just last night my mother kissed the earth<br>
Sinking deep down the raveneous, hungry earth<br>
Itomo
<p>What do you have to say to this?<br>
Itomo, I seek your response<br>
So you can’t talk! Are you just a plank?<br>
Itomo, my virgin sisters had dance the dance of shame<br>
My defiled sisters’ blood had watered your barren land<br>
Itomo, would you please say something?</p>
<p>***ITOMO – a goddess</p>
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