Special Tuesday Poem by Toni Kan

Ake 2015
was a burst of colours
& a cauldron of memories
we talked books & emptied bottles
made new friends & renewed old ones
there were memories made from a million
photos, memorials to nascent friendships
everyone held aloft a camera or two
like eager Japs on vacation
we famzed & were famzed
kissing & hugging
like it was about to be banned
we talked gender & vagina
power relations & penises
& at night, tired but hyper
we huddled poolside at Park Inn
dancing to Harrysong & Olamide
& nothing spoil…
then the party happened
our lines snaking their way to
chilled beer & spicy barbecues
wild gyrations & dangerous twerkings
before new friends and old ones got real cosy
& it was all thanks to Lola Shoneyin.
Come 2016!

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