A Song for Aro — ’Dele Ogundimu

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A Song for Aro

I
okro of mine i plant
my maize in the farm blooms
goat of Aro the okro eats
with maize Aro’s ewe its hunger slakes.
ask him me what i do wrong!

II
goat that visits Aro
commutes with the gullet
sheep that knocks Aro’s door
the vanishing trick elects.

III
Aro,
husband of the town
the towncrier’s terror
shooed behind, he shoos the front
rodent in the rich man’s house
scourger of the penniless.

‘DELE OGUNDIMU

EDITOR’S NOTE

Originally published in Nigeria Magazine on 01 Mar 1970, p. 66. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page.

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