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 </div><p></p><figure id="attachment_8893" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8893" style="width: 384px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/the-river-too-drinks.gif"><img class=" wp-image-8893 " title="The River Too Drinks" alt="The River Too Drinks" src="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/the-river-too-drinks.gif" width="384" height="380" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8893" class="wp-caption-text">www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry <strong>[The River Too Drinks]</strong></figcaption></figure>Frimpomah sits at the bank of Ankobra<br>
Eyes feeding the river with tears<br>
And Ankobra drinks with no fears
<p>Frimpomah sings a dirge<br>
“You them boys swimming<br>
You them girls fetching<br>
You them women washing<br>
If you see my mother<br>
Tell her I wait for her body.”</p>
<p>“You them boys swimming<br>
You them girls fetching<br>
You them women washing<br>
If you see my mother<br>
Tell her I wait for her body.”<!--more--></p>
<p>Dufia, do me no pity, cry me no more<br>
Go tell Nana Brago we came fetching<br>
She dove for a swim<br>
I watched with eyes screaming and bones crying<br>
While Ankobra ate and drank her</p>
<p>The home is no longer home<br>
The hen will greet bad morning<br>
The Oracle will speak<br>
Today the gods have taken one of their own</p>
<p>Tell Nana Brago her daughter drowned<br>
My mother is dead</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Written by: Oppong Clifford Benjamin</em><br>
<em>Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson</em></p>
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