‘HALF-A-WORD’
I’ll tell you ‘half-a-word’
which the elders say
Is enough for the wise
For when
It is digested
It becomes full whole
Now,
In that your place
Where sour is given for sweet
Sincerity lacks foundation
‘Give-and-take’ seek admirers
I say
Your conscience
Is the real judge
Here,
my ‘half-a-word’
’Sanmi-Ebora Ogunjobi
EDITOR’S NOTE
Archived from Nigeria Magazine, Sunday, 1 March 1970.