Ejiro Okoro

I sat in my favourite seat sipping my special schnapp
when suddenly there came running past me a group of children chasing a red football as if their life depended on it.
Around the corner I could see housewives gathering around whispering in conniving gatherings
husbands boasting about the incredibility of their financial muscles
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My Love, it is thou I have loved to love
it is you I have spent my nights and day with
showered you with the sweetest fragrance of oriental sunflower
with unending desire have I sought to please thee
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Watch and learn, watch and learn is all they said
learn what to do when your time is come
Smile and say how nice I am
when I broke all old man Jim's walking sticks
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One lovely plant blowing across the beach
Two old ants walking across the grass
Three sweet fish jumping over the water
Four nice frogs leaping under a blooming flower
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Wake up dude, wake up dude! rang my talking alarm clock.
Up, off the bed I lumbered and into the bathroom
thinking, as I say my prayers
that this is going to be another day to hobble through.
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