USA Africa Dialogue Series - Mended Maidens (Poem)

We are drenched
In drunken stupor,
Our heads
Gorged with liquor
Erupt into frenzy.
Our hands stretch
To present mended maidens
Clothed
With clothes of maidens.
With hands clenched,
We beat our chests
And speak with slur,
"Our lads are getting married".
We invite Vicars
Of vicious deities
To make holy
Unholy unions.
Our drunken lads
Now in line,
Lust after loins
Of mended maidens,
Haggard hags.

By Chidi Anthony Opara

http://www.chidiopararesume.blogspot.com

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