Olufunke Ayeni Poems

I must tell you

I am from the village, you know that one?
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This poem is inspired by J.P Clark's poem
THE CASUALTIES.Though we do not speak
of the same casualties.
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I have a love for you
that cannot show face in the light
It has to wait till the skies are dark
and the curtains drawn
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I often wonder at my lack of strength
Lack of a basketful of other things
I say to myself "Funkeeeee wake up"
Be all the next girl is
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I read a book tonight
It had your name written all over it
Àdé Àdé Àdé
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The hills remind me am home
Home where the cold's warm and beaconing
home where the lush mountain's always green
home where the heavy rocks hide our pretty past
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We are in some kind of sick love story
the kind that lacks a happy ending
the two of us...victims of a bad writer
he just keeps spinning tales that end nowhere
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