Those Days

Those days..... When men didn't attempt to cage the lion, Domesticate the cobra or try to play god Those days when men didn't dog breed, cat breed, Moon walk or day dream Nature wouldn't bark so violently With climate change, earth quakes and Tsunamis Those days when men knew the value of palmwine, kola nut, Utaba and it's efficacy...the insidious aroma Of smoked yam, dipped in palm oil, pepper and salt, rattled Our air pipe under the comfortable thatch Of raffia palm and Bamboo sticks; Chop sticks were alien to us Those days..... When a hunter would not dare return home Empty handed for fear of being labelled efulefu Those days when loin cloth wrapped around our sacred neck; Gray hair, bald head, and silver stricken beard Oozed wisdom, knowledge and understanding Those days.....