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 </div><p></p>empty gourds of palmwine clanging at the palace gates<br>
though I have not seen a drunk King<br>
Akogun! We have lost the battle again<br>
where are the men of war?<br>
but how? could men have conquered demons<br>
with burning torches.<br>
.<br>
the last masquerade to dance<br>
at the village square a moon ago<br>
did not remember on anyone to pounce<br>
neither did put on a dress of pines<br>
of leaves, spines and pines like an apple.<br>
.<br>
our ears tilted with barrels of empty words<br>
of men that did lord over war<br>
of how the demons abducted their wives<br>
of how scared they became to shoot their guns<br>
that these men were not men but gods<br>
.<br>
agba ki wa loja kori omo titun o wo<br>
the head of infants are kept straight when elders are in town<br>
but there existed old fools in this place<br>
safe, save a virtuous mother of ages<br>
Moremi, thy tribute I bring.<br>
.<br>
a wild sizzling breeze sizzled<br>
satan is here again in body<br>
but mother would not look on<br>
that the dignity of her kingdom evade<br>
in a night or escape into a gas of tiny plumules.<br>
.<br>
you shouldnt have carried mother away,<br>
o forest demons<br>
you have murdered your immortality<br>
on the slab of lust<br>
and stabbed your awe in the face of beauty.<br>
.<br>
chaotic escapade<br>
narrow escape – mother is back<br>
but they came again for mother had escaped<br>
put on your burning torches, Akogun instructed<br>
and demons sighed their last in the face of burning sticks.<br>
.<br>
Ile-Ife: the centre of intellect you are<br>
Oluronbi! how you became a sacrificial lamb<br>
Moremi: your bones still breath<br>
for we have won, Balogun announced.
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