Messenger From The Skies Poem by Haruna Garba

Pumpkin with sorrel-pumpkin!
Pumpkin with sorrel and broken bones
Pumpkin with sorrel….two friends
Pumpkin with sorrel…..north east recipe

Pumpkin in yellow garment up thatch-roof
As he passed by, seemed to beckon to him
And tempted, he stole in to one dark night
With improvised ladder he came to steal
When the couple was sound asleep

Sodden by two months of excessive rain
Scorched by the fierce showers of the sun
The thief had no idea the roof was a feeble affair

Up roof and stealthily taking a pluck
The rotten roof beneath him gave ground
And here was his on-the-way herald
On to you is a messenger from the skies