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Benin 14 Ancient archivals give way to modern arrivals- technos glued with trados We just cant let go of bronze craft, of red beads and purple seeds buried deep in territe terrains Slaves of the past become freeborns. Indeed freeborns of the present We beat new drums to arouse the still-feet of fresh ancestral spirits, to keep us in the hearts of celestial calabashes holding fermented palmwine fetched from virgin palmtrees We dance round the ring of glistening tarred roads listening to horns and honks of autos for the modern day Compelled by awe, we blow the trumpet of the Auchi architect wrenching our fortune-chest. May your muscles gain more strands of ligaments. Ise! To Oba palace we troupe sandy holding lit candle sticks, above our shinning shaved heads, singing sweet soul serenades to sendforth our Queen-mother to the land of evergreen memories We wait again for the rising of the new sun; for the birth of full-moons, for new arrivals to set sail our new-ship. Iyeomoan, Emmanuel Ehizogie
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:47:59 +0000

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