“POOL-GAME NA WA”
’SANMI-EBORA OGUNJOBI
(Written Pidgin English)
Oh! which kan blow bin this
Four Pounds don go this week again
E no include that one
Wey I pay on banker
“Arsenal Ah! Failing to draw”
Tottenham “Sure banker”
Liverpool “Oh E no draw”
Wessex “Yes he enter”
Two out of four draws
But na perm three out of four
I banker
So man lose again
And ‘pay-day’ still na next week
How I go chop? “Na Wa”
Editor’s note: First published in Nigeria Magazine, Sunday, March 1, 1970. Source: Archiving.