Adam's Uniform Poem by GEORGE AMADI

Adam's Uniform



Which was more fun, Mrs. Langton's
Geography class, or, that she was
from Australia, yet, what she knew
about Down Under's sheep rearing
wasn't as staggering as her looks?

But not to worry, a Physics tutor,
Mr. Koko, who should have known
better, that when a fruit ripens,
it can only fall downward, not the
other way round, yet, didn't stop
worrying about those 'placking mey
mengoes'.

Mr. Koko's queer pronounciation
of English words gave one and all
a hearty laughter, if recall I may.

Mango, to him? More like, men...go!
So, if he wanted to know who'd been
stealing mangoes from a number of
trees in his quarters, then,
he would have had to say:
'Who hess bin stilling mey mengoes? '

Sounds pretty much German,
wouldn't you say? But, then, again,
if you haven't met Mr. Evans from
South Africa, holding your breath is
worth it, that is, if you aren't fond
of grinning from ear to ear, 'cause
he'd be forced to ask you: 'Why is
it thet, if you see a fly, you grain? '

For some strange reason I never got
round to asking him why he asked such
a strange question ever so often,
especially, with a fly not once
found present at the scene
of this Chemistry tutor's drama!

When you then, think you have seen it
all, Mr. Iyanya, another Geography tutor,
not on a few occasions, on a down-under
subject of some sort, dwelling,
a dramatic entrée, makes; Tex, after
Junior Lights-out, asking:
'You in Adam's uniform, with your
tolley-monkey showing, why'?

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