Beautifully written, Augustine.
Better family than the average is what I see here.
Many there are far less fortunate -
Theirs would be One-0-0,
Some, 0-One-0,
And for others, it's sometimes 0-0-0.
"Without the gathering of the paupers,"
As the Yoruba often say,
"One may not know how better off one's rags look!"
MOA
On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 11:38:18 AM EST, 'Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
A song :One-0-0ne Family
by Augustine Togonu-Bickerstth
One -0 one family
Am a family man
I have a wife
I have a son
My wife has only a saucepan
My son is my standing fan
I keep my wife cooking
morning and evening
I keep my son fanning
me by evening
We are the one-0 one family
We stand whilst we are eating
WE have no fancy furniture
We eat in the morning
We eat Nothing by noon
we eat in the evening
We are the one-0 one family
We stand whilst we are eating
We have no fancy furniture
We are the one0- one family
One -0 one family
Am a family man
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