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Abiku

Abiku! Friend nor foe Named from above. A gift from the yard of elegbara Olagbegi's kicking hope. Abiku! A dashing beauty she's bestowed, enough to light a father's grope. Abiku! Asake's grace in barrenness. Off and on, she would not mind 'Come, and i will call you mine, 'Mother' till then i'll bear'. Abiku! Abiku!! Abiku!!! Touch her not, she might live One who dines with ebora dudu, a company when she is set to leave. Abiku! Your visit i do not beseech. Your mercy i only seek. Ekuru and eko wine to your descent, gracing the feet of oluwere. Abiku! In tears you delight Merriness you found in sorrow. Leave and never come back One who feeds on her mother's back. Abiku! Shame, you have cursed till eternity In flame, yet you are never tamed. One whose trowel never dries, From the cries of hopeless eyes. Abiku!!!

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