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Disappointment of love
The woman in my life has disappointed me
She has failed to fulfil her promises to me
She always tells me she loves me
She always says she wants to marry me
She always cries for our love
She is rejected by her friends and relations
She is being refused her needs, just
Because she says she loves me
She always says I love you
She always says she likes the way I speak to her
She always loves the way I care for her
She says she always told me that she loves no man except me
And now she has disappointed me
Oh disappointment! go away
Why did you fall on me early this year, 1993?
Go away disappointment!
Abdulmalik Mohammed Shaba
EDITOR’S NOTE
Originally published in Citizen on 20 Sep 1993, p. 35. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page.