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UKAMAKA (for Olisakwe Ukamaka Evelyn on her birthday)
Ukamaka, We whisper your name and wonder If it's meaning Would justify this rumbling thunder? You are the slender sugarcane Swaying with grace In the threads of the evening rain. All know the sweetness hidden inside. We need no soothsayer. So we call, "Ukamaka", with prancing pride! Let the star