Poems from East Africa by Rubadiri David;Cook David 1929- & Cook David 1929-

Author:Rubadiri, David;Cook, David, 1929- & Cook, David, 1929-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry texts & anthologies, Poetry, African, Poetry / African, East African poetry (English)
Publisher: Nairobi, Kenya : East African Educational Publishers ; London : in association with Heinemann Educational
Published: 1996-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

richard ntiru Modena

When you have whispered it in my cocked ear With an equivocal voice and quivering frame;

When you have sworn it was by me And not Tom, Dick, or Harry;

When you have recreated the memorable scene That night after the Charity Ball When the heroine of contrived action Clutched at the elusive moment of emaciated hope; When you have concluded with a certain smile That the D.C. would do it secretly -Modena, do not mock the bruised bosom of the widowed mother

When I make discoveries and speak truths Which we both knew but never revealed:

How you explained your week-end absences By attending imaginary funerals of imaginary relatives; How you realized your battered frame,

Like stale beer that has lost its spear,

Would not find any other male patron;

How you gave me hurried promotions From boy-friend to lover and then to fiance;

How you baited me with your selfish generosity;

Do not mock the wounded heart of the widowed mother When I promise you that I’ll not keep an oath Extorted from me by your forked tongue;

Do not fool mankind any more

With elegies of innocence, chastity and youth;

Let the sun melt all the rings on men’s fingers -After the first treachery, there is no other.

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