Earth looked at Sky
Sky responded with a potent gaze
Neither knew what to say about the wasteful rift
No recriminations came near the new accord
Too late now for the couple to re-unite
Under their former roof
They decided to teach the world
How to love across the distance
So, next time you see Earth and Sky
Holding hands in a blue horizon
Remember this story
And sip the honey of my words.
Ko ko ko kowewe koweeee****
My story has legs
But it will never run away
Follow me now
To my house of many songs.
In the beginning
Earth and Sky were wife and husband.
* Yoruba god of the crossroads, of fate and circumstance
** Trouble, turmoil
*** Quarrel time, a simple song sounds lie a proverb
Matters are out of agreement
Oh my people, let him wash his mouth on me
**** Used for its musical, performative effect; some form of scatting
- (Concluded)
THE TONGUE
Hail the tongue
Pink fire
Rainbow rhymer
Good servant
Bad master
Chief Priest
In the temple of the mouth
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