VILLAGE EXPERIENCE

In the morning we were out for the show

Talking here-talking there, discussion galore!

In politic we talked, in sport we talked and in religion we discussed

The good and bad of ladies we talked

Those things we called talking or talking nothing but gossiping

Here we are in the bar to, drink palm wine or ‘burukutu’

How many sticks of cigarette consumed

In the afternoon we rest- to rest with a damsel beside us

After dinning with food she prepared

What again? Back to the shrine ‘Ori–oke’ here we come

Plenty ‘pomo’ as we evaporate palming

Serve me the ‘pomo’ –serve me the kola

Through the numberless calabashes

Now the flow of politics –through our tipsy

Who is a demagogue? Who is a statesman?

Which party is a conservative or progressive?

What about corruption in the centre government

How many trouble igniting through this

Trouble here-trouble galore

A day I will leave village for city

Though I will miss my friends and the foes alike

Because not all are friends in the shrine