Akanbi
Tell me what you are.
I am the second and third fingers
Moving with caution
On the highway beneath.
Beneath your buba,
Beneath your iro,
Beneath all the tiro you wear
Beneath the lies you tell the king
Every night he asks you,
Olori mi,
Have you gone to watch the sunset again?
Tell me what you are.
I am the second and third fingers
Moving with caution
On the highway beneath.
Beneath your buba,
Beneath your iro,
Beneath all the tiro you wear
Beneath the lies you tell the king
Every night he asks you,
Olori mi,
Have you gone to watch the sunset again?
I was sold on the first word: I can be...
ReplyDeleteWay to go! Now I'm wondering who the poet is, you? Me? Us?
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