aAl the solid materials were used up on creating a man then God went so poor of hard inventory for creation of a woman a phenomenal black woman, she was not made from ribs of a man as it
goes the Jewish fable, but from all the turfs of softness on earth’s birthday,
from the softness of feathers, black-ness of ivory and swiftness of a doe
she was made; from the beauty of petals, curliness of the tendrils and
purity of the warm-fire she was made; from patience of vultures,
noise of the ox-pecker and silence of the stone she was made; from
decorum of the pea-hen, accuracy of the kite, strength of the python,
and busybody of the drone she was made; from shyness of warthogs,
elephant’s memory, the avarice of hyena, timidity of a man, poison
of a spider and sweetness of sweet banana she was made;
from slogging of donkeys, the gate crashing scorpion, laziness of a cat,
tomfoolery of a dog, cleanliness of a swine and from decency of the heifer
she was made;
from the irritating smoke, boredom of the cold fire, darkness of the hearth,
dark fashion of the crow, and coiffure of the crane-bird she was made;
from corruption of the post-colony, lies of a Bible-monger, dignity of
a swabber, smallness of a tabor and from want-wit of an ewe she was made;
from endlessness of an abyss, tiredness of a tinker, despair of fortune’s fool
and the oxy-moron of a boomerang she was made; from the innocence of
a choir-girl, swiveling of a lad, honour of a cuckold, mercurial stature of a turtle,
and gifts of the colubrine she was made; from the flame of the bi-curious lass,
a squab’s vulnerability, and armour of the porcupine she was made;
from snobbery of the panjandrum, bulging tummy of tax-man,
slenderness of a rich teacher, fatness of a broke chef, dilemma of nurse
and glory of rex’s a horseman she was made; from proceeds of dowry,
happiness of polygamy, democracy of polyandry, heuristics of
rain-maker and the gender gap of patriarchy she was made,
From virginity of the sand-dunes, hope of oases, oblivion’s
old age, Egypt’s history, ubiquity of a palm-tree, holiness of a Carmel,
thirst of the ocean, wine of the desert, plopping of a stone-fall in the water-pond
staidness of the disturbed river, diversity of nature, empathy of circumcizors knife,
fresh redness of ripe pepper pods, s*xy calligraphy of oily soup, the inferno of true love
and inclusive honesty of a queen bee she was made, a black-woman.
Alexander Opicho writes From Lodwar, Kenya Mail-opichoalexander@gmail.com
