Haruna Garba Poems

Poking your nose around
for where foully it stews
and where the aroma stirs up
your little vie?
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Easiest planted, hardest nurtured-
this lovely sapling.
Easiest plucked, hardest cracked-
this glossy stony nut.
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Born black, born white
Born rich, born pauper
Born woman, born man
Born nocturnal, born diurnal
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From the infinite cosmos it all began
this music for cyclic-maiden-dance-
Jupiter with jazz, Pluto with a flute
Saturn with saxophone, Mars with mandolin
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A germ of idea.
Yea, a real germ!
Nay, a virus!
When conceived?
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Frog with a hop, scorpion with a walk
Frog with strong arm saw extra leverage
And his mind dreamt for them a match
Ten strokes each to take in turn
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May murrain be a guest
To torture the apathetic hunk
Says the chanter
God forbid bad thing
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Good hunt to men
Is what they need

Good hunt to men
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Good little chaps
Free of pickle, mingle and giggle
Mill around all legs
And in the beach, your pops bury
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Weeding, fertilizing and harvesting:
That is how i go slaving, quarter of a year
which sees through moaning of the sky.
Drained of energy, baked by the sun
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