MOTIVE
the doors are open all day
you may climb in at night
through the window when
the night-watch is asleep
you may walk in by the door
at noon when the shopkeeper
is smiling to customers and
plain-clothes watch your moves
the doors are open all day
and whether you enter at night
through the window or by the door
at noon you know your motives
O. Wonodi
EDITOR’S NOTE
Source: Archiving (Nigeria Magazine, Sunday, March 1, 1970).