LOVE POEM #12. Ukodo Tonight

UKODO TONIGHT

Its Ukodo tonight

Finger licking licking good

We are doing alright

You’re my woman  I’m your man

Been at work

Since 9 o’clock But it’s now 5Hey!

That boss of mine

Works me to the bone

But it’s now 5

Ahh!

Tonight’s the night

We celebrate our love

You’ve been to Igbudu market

To buy choice yams

Some crayfish

Alligator pepper

And dry fish

I am on my way home

For Ukodo tonight

It’s been 12 months

Since we both said “I do”

Oh, how sweet time flies.

With a candle lit dinner

We are insured against Nepa

Let’s celebrate

We have made it this far

Stir that boiling froth real slow

Yes my appetite is higher

Than any Warri T.V aerial

For Ukodo tonight

I am driving through

the streets of Wari reminiscing

Of how it was at the start

For Mama said

It wouldn’t work

Papa said

It wouldn’t last

Brother said

It wouldn’t work

Sister said

It wouldn’t last

But here we are getting ready

For Ukodo tonight.

The smell fills the compound

Neighbours know what you are cooking

So pull out the phone

And lock the doors

Shut the windows

and draw the curtains

Even if the president comes knocking

We no dey house

For it’s Ukodo tonight

This love grows

Stronger every day

So fan the flames

Of a love

That just wouldn’t die

Soft music plays

As you turn the palm oil

On hot yams so soft

And tender

I’ll rather be no where else

Than here

For Ukodo tonight

February 2001 – Babawilly  (Published in My Time -2005)