GOLD

They say
Itoro has a goldmine between her legs
the men who go digging do not come out
until she is done with them

Once we saw a governor
at her doorstep with only his briefs on
his childish cries loud and unashamed

They say her people know how to love well
that her mother showed her how
to swallow a man whole
how to hold his heart in her hand
and squeeze
until he begs to be reborn inside her

Sometimes we catch a glimpse of her
naked on her balcony
her body spilling over with softness
incandescent in the moonlight
oblivious to our hungry eyes

On those nights our husbands will ask
what came over us
why we howled like wild women
how we learnt to spin gold
with just our hips

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Who is Titilope Sonuga?