SNAPSONG 277
Another moon has danced behind the trees Its heels are warm with tender tales As the sky looms in sober silence Like an open book in search Of
Another moon has danced behind the trees
Its heels are warm with tender tales
As the sky looms in sober silence
Like an open book in search
Of a crowd of lean, inquisitive eyes
The yeyeremo* have feathered far away
But the baobab's brave bottom
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Still dares the tail of restless squirrels
March matches on
As if unaware of its two antecedent peers
And the unpredictable fortune
Of the nine behind the clouds
The harmattan keeps hiding its harm
Its cutting cold nights
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Its oven-baked days
Its dusty powder on the brow of the street
Brown lawns long for the greening nozzle
The miracle mandate of the mower
And the gray sprout which surprises
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The grass's root
Match steady, match soft
Oh third toe of the year's relentless foot
Hear our plea, remember your vow
Don't shave our heads with your brown blunt razor
•Small, high-flying birds common in the southwestern parts of Nigeria, especially in the dry season.