Not+my+Business


 * Not my Business **

They picked Akanni up one morning  Beat him soft like clay  And stuffed him down the belly  Of a waiting jeep.  What business of mine is it  So long they don’t take the yam  From my savouring mouth? 

They came one night  <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Booted the whole house awake <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And dragged Danladi out, <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Then off to a lengthy absence. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What business of mine is it <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So long they don’t take the yam <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">From my savouring mouth? <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Chinwe went to work one day <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Only to find her job was gone: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">No query, no warning, no probe – <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Just one neat sack for a stainless record. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What business of mine is it <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So long they don’t take the yam <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">From my savouring mouth? <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And then one evening <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">As I sat down to eat my yam <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A knock on the door froze my hungry hand. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The jeep was waiting on my bewildered lawn <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Waiting, waiting in its usual silence. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

//**<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Niyi Osundare **//