Goodness Tchibueze Poems

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11.
Four Limericks

(i)

A wretched man sat upon a seat
Nigh the fire, as he felt the heat
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12.
The Child And Sky

Sky, Sky
Wearing blue and grey,
What will the sun do today?
Will he stay all through the day,
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13.
Being Two As One

Being Two As One
With our diferences won;
Let us be in the fortress of our arms,
Under the shadow of love's charms,
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14.
A World In You

There is a world evolving inside you;
A new world which this world is yet to see.
It is evolving in a water-pot in a closet,
A kind of closet that begets light.
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15.
Genesis

Come, my friends, and sit at my feet,
So that you may pick from me a word
Or two, tho' centuries past this your fresh-faced environment
Would brighten the surface of your water
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16.
I Will Profane Your Name

I will profane your name, Aba, i will denude you
Aba! Aba, your name is tough like an elephant's hide, it is the putrifaction in which the feasting maggots sleep.
Aba, your name is the contraceptive latex littering before the naked eyes of shame and it resembles the veins that run about
Fallen breasts in old age.
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17.
On Our 'stars'

What needs can a million stars satisfy
In the sight of a gay noonday?
Stars are not just specks of light in the sky
As they may seem to night-time's passers-by.
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18.
Quietude

I make Quietude
My creationhood:

At a time when
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19.
When Love Is Maiden...

When Love is maiden,
Each moment is golden;
From a fountain laid of marble,
Sweet-fragranced flowers bubble:
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20.
On The Housefly And Mosquito

The murmuring of the earth is never dead:
When all the chugging mouths are faint with rust,
And chew some endless cud, a voice will thrust
Pressing our drums; pestering the body and head -
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