Monday, 6 May 2019

Beads & Booze


The odyssey of the drunken lover

Began when Yao was hitherto sober

He would rant all day about love

Boast about escapades with his many lovers  

Till the sun was ashamed and cowered



Awo was no older in age than her teens

Her plot was to find another man she thinks

Would fall prey to the charming beads

She wore appealingly around her waist

Awaiting the dance of the tribesmen to begin



Legend had it that

When the Agbadza dance was in full swing

And titled men broke their backs in dancing

Awo, clad in nothing but waist beads

Would appear and gyrate her hips to the alluring beats





The odyssey of the drunken lover

Persisted when Yao was somewhat sober

He noticed the graceful hips of this erotic dancer

And craved to make of her a bride

This, he thought, would add to his pride  



Awo danced all day to please Yao

Painted his name with the throb of her hips

She would occasionally invite him to join in

For she knew the end was near

Only she could not tell him when



Time came, when Awo must go

She disappeared with the wind

Leaving her waist beads behind  

With a handwritten note and

That was when his woes began



The odyssey of the drunken lover

Abated when Yao was no more sober

He would wear her beads on his stiff waist  

Swallow a bottle of booze - that’s all he ate  

And mimic the sensual dance of his lost lover

A poem by:
Kenneth Atsu Dogbey
TDL

7 comments:

  1. I love this! Satisfying to read.
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