She draped in thick robe of ofi* caste,
Cylinder of beads cascading, like torn rag,
below her unadulterated pulpit,
where roll call of wanton congregation supplicates.
Of laali** and osun** painting of her umbilicus
At quadrangle about sunfall time, amidst mortal denizens:
She twirls and turns swiftly into
spiraling silhouette of contorted crescent;
to the long drums of wooden skin,
till my eyes shutter to a briskly musing
But she is AFRICA, the motherland
* traditionally weaved cloths
**a dialectical variant of camwood
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Discussion2 Comments
I think I like eet 😀
It’s got a certain something…
err what certain something? lol