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MY JOURNEY TO THE GAMBIA I
At early month of twenty ten
I left abode with bulky bags
From Lagos then to Banjul zone
To panel-beat and clothe the rags...
At airy port I had to wait
Till second day after delays...
At checking point a wander stroked -
Some business men were finding waysTo lobby with a gentle soul
Sanusi - Mall from northern zone.At last he saved like empty bowl
Because he frowned and pressed the horn...Again wanders from Mister Pen -
His step on plane is just the Day -The day he moved beyond the lane...
He sat on seat eleven A.The cabin crew instructed board
The dos and don'ts of Arik tripLike fastening belt of every head
And offing phone for safety drop....Beside the poet two gentle souls
A man and wom... with friendly chatBut busy poet on piling says
The former kin and latter hostAfter some mins the cabin came
With first a drink and later foodThe juice, the egg and bready cream -
Like hunting dog my kin swallowed...In bird I penned with shaken heart
When saw nothing but cloudy sky- My velum moved like pit-a-pat -
And just the sound of butterfly...After some mins the doze arived
To visit him - the hungry ram;Under disguise my book he read
At last the doze lulled him to calm…A wander came again from kin -
I mean my kin beside the hostprecisely when he pressed 'the man'
Above our head to call 'our host’....To learn again I went to back
To drop the waste - the watery waste -The wander there was sudden bark
Of closet for the button tapped...
From riverside to riverside
There's nothing free in freedom-town.In past it may but now it's damned -
The Sierra Leone - a warful zone...From Freedom-town we flew again
With airless lung and shakeless heartBut coldly prayed for sugar-cane
As some arrived and some depart...As usual, see!, the cabin came -
With dounot came a cup of tea ....For thirty mins - an hour emh...
The Banjul showed like missing key!I wandered last the tasks ahead -
Will what I have b'enough for them?
As kin advised I strongly prayed -For creative mind to make me firm....
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To panel-beat - to teach, Mall- Mallam (an islamic scholar) pressed the horn- shoutedeleven A - a seat number in the Arik airline
Arik – a Nigeria international airline, bird –airplane, butterfly- airplane
wom... - woman
mins - minutes kin - Nigerian host -Gambian 'the man'- a button in the Arik plane for alert
'our host' - the cabin crew the watery waste - urine; b'nough - be enough