Further Drums

You are the sunlight
so bright as friendship,
you are the smile of graceful lines,
you are a friend I just met,
you are a story writer that the world awaits.

I like you, this lady from fruitful Benue
where I hear that they treat their men well. I hear they are full at their stomachs.
you are from the languishing hill of greenery,
of grand sounds and dance,
of black and white Zebra pride.
...

Where their wives are beautiful and busty,

all things that grow grow in its own bounds

Benue
mother of flowing rivers
father of finely carved shores
gift to mother earth
first of its kind.

Benue of irresistible kisses
Irresistible
of gladdened warmth
from the embrace of kind people
Benue of boats
gliding in and gliding out
like man and woman in the covers
you are from the languishing hill of greenery
of grand sounds and dance
of black and white Zebra pride