Benn Age Poems

There was a drunkard named Bernard
One day he scampered home like a leopard
Angry, the wife screamed: you are drunk!
Hiccupping, he said: I am your husband John,
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Yet another day on Lagos Island,
Met the governor busy at his
Gardened secretariat.
There he was, frenzied and smiling
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i don't want you
to know me,
if you know me,
you will
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My Africa, my home
As I cast back my mind
To days before I left
Before you left me impotent
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Wonderful woman
I just can't but wonder
How much I've come
to love her.
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Running here and there
Scampering for daily bread
Between you and me
Ills eating deep in between
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when i heard;
i mean,
when they told me
you were dead,
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Darling, when you're close to me
There is the inevitable smell of balsam
Burning in my in my heart,
Consuming my very being
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So would I, to blood once again
So would I
To my white queen
The stars have departed
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At night she hawks;
Her pride hidden
Between her thighs.
And I desire her.
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