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ROSIMAYA by Prof. Atukwei Okai
I You stone my Saturdays, You waste my Wednesdays And tear up my
Tuesdays Into two: You snare my Sundays, You squeeze my Saturdays,
And toss my Tuesdays Onto thorns II You feign You feign you Feign
you forget my face In even The pious Presence Of God our God The
Father Almighty The maker Of heaven and earth. Including all− Even @efodela / efodela.tum
you and me, Who today Both hold on to worlds As diOerent As the
land from the Sea. Why can’t you tell Me You no more love Me? Or
why not tell Me You can love me no More? III You scorn my Sundays
You freeze my Fridays. And sink my Saturdays In a swamp: You wet
my Wednesdays You soil my Saturdays And milk my Mondays Of their
mirth. IV You feign you feign you Feign I did not tell you The time
and Place we were to meet; But I know I know I did tell you You did
Repeat it yourself My witnesses Are your innocent Ears, not your It's time to try Tu
Faithful tongue and eyes Who’d also Refuse to remember: Why can’t You'll never be bor
you tell Me You never had loved Me? Or why not tell Me You just will
not love Me? V You slash my Saturdays You teased my Tuesdays. Log in
And snob my Sundays In the sun; You mock my Mondays You wreck
my Wednesdays And smother my Sundays In the smoke. VI You
feign You feign you Feign you do so love me But the truth Is now like More like this
the rain; He who sees not, Feels it on his skin. And with A deep
No Beer in
paralysing pain, Erodes away The still wet-walls of Our strong castles
Heaven
Built in my dreams. The terrible truth Is now like the sun – Where it is
In Heaven
Not seen, it is felt; Skin of your words Show a tell-tale tan, Scales
there is no
blinding My eyes start to melt. VII You foul My Fridays You starve beer,
My Saturdays And mess up My Mondays In the mud; You shun My
Saturdays You maim My Mondays And heap heavy sorrow Onto my
soul.

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