9 of them

dialogue can solve anything.
where I from,
the father must feed his sons
with stories, wisdom, wine.
my father taught me
that when the family feuds,
nobody wins. inside this house,
one person’s loss is everyone’s
peace is better than war.
i and my father would go hunting,
he would tell me about
many great men that fell off
following women with round buttocks
that I must be wary.
we would share wine, and
break kola nut
for nothing but farin jini
should live amongst family.

Victor Oyedele