who cares what the
plate thinks
when our watery stew is
outshined by the deluge
of Ewedu?

or when the tyrant dominance
of okra draws our appetite
away from the art of hunger?
but whenever we refuse such
dinner, the day took years to
break.

and the wiggle dance made by
platyhelminthes at the ptyalin
arrival of rice,
may poverty not make you
a vegetarian.

when in rainless year we seek
for water-leaf to push down the
evil growing on the head of Eba,
but mama's proteinous love took
us away from the ward of
kwashiorkor.

so If at all I forget the teat of
my source,
the Arit of my survival,
if at all I sleep my aims negligently
on riverbeds,
please don't wake me,
an Uhmana will!

Meaning of Cultural Used words:

Ewedu- A Yoruba vegetable soup
Eba- A solid food made from Garri (cassava flakes)
Arit& Uhmana- my mom's names.