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Adolescence — Josie Louis
I heard of him,
I met him,
And then he wrote me.
I shunned him,
I scorned him,
And then we became friends.
Thrown over us,
The cloak of friendship,
Binds us together, forever.
We craved for more,
A much more stronger cloak;
And this binds us together, forever.
Josie Louis — Adokuru · 1993
EDITOR’S NOTE
Originally published in Citizen on 18 January 1993, p. 49. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation verified against the archived page.