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 </div><p></p>Under this sighing moon did we gather beliefs<br>
Into the howling calabash of whirling Western Culture,<br>
Which left splashes of abnormalities on our faces,<br>
After piles of tainted tales struck the surface of nature.
<p>Mama’s wrappers traded honour in the market of tradition<br>
Where moderation is the price tagged on fashion.<br>
Ajala,papa’s ‘kembe’ never wandered below his waist,<br>
So, why is yours throwing papa’s lessons into hollows of regret?</p>
<p>Abike, the pride that stained the White Cloth with virginity,<br>
I revere your being like the dignity appeasing holiness.<br>
But Ada, why have you allowed luxury dig you so deeply<br>
That fortune keeps leaking on the futility surfaced by blunt desires?</p>
<p>Asake, why sprinkle thorny worries around our robust clan?</p>
<p>Why Africa, Africa why?<br>
Why arise to the pleasant call of nature with rags as response<br>
To its gong which drags our existence closer to the river of shame?</p>
<p>Why allow civilization spray derision into the air<br>
After norms turned tatters before memories came so near,<br>
Where values already found solace on the dying palm tree<br>
Which disgorges nudity like dew on femininity to brag about with glee?</p>
<p>Now, gather the drummers at the palace of thoughts,<br>
Where beats of chastity is what consumes our hungry hearts<br>
With the crunches of resounding caution ‘s appetite,<br>
Placing meal of virtues on these starving scrotums.</p>
<p>Pierce us with chants of revival at life’s gasping shore,<br>
For our breath to sail on the rhythms of normalcy.<br>
Then, prosperity would beckon with her echoing viability,<br>
Even in the veins of the unborn with serenity as their cells.</p>
<p>Notes:<br>
Kembe – a type of big-sized trouser worn by fathers in the olden days<br>
Abike, Ajala, Ada,, Asake- traditional names of people</p>
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