Our Mother
Poem: Our Mother! by Tayo Oladipo
It was a distant, very distant time When her body in its regal splendour Oozed pleasant savoury fragrance. Sweet milk from her breasts flowed And filled her seeds with humour. Alas, 'tis accursed beauty, For all so soon it vanished As mist from earth at sunrise! Our mother was deflowered, Her body savagely plundered. Darkness set on…