Evbo-Abel Ogoigbe
@evboabelogoigbe127325
1 year ago

#poetry#FlavoursofHome#

ALL-IS-GOOD

We call her All-is-good, because all that she cooks is good.

When mama makes egusi, that is good news.
My little brother would break our outdoor games with the news.
And we would run home, first to a frustrating bath,
Because mama would dish only when we are clean.

When mama makes the famed black soup, we call that good life.
Basil, castor oil and what culinary addition we may never know.
'Makes us want to stay back home, though.

Ogbono is good luck.
We like to sing then as we file home:
" Which kind soup mama cook o?
Ogbono soup o,
Haha, ogbono soup o!"

Oh, mama of such culinary goodness!

Written by Evbo-Abel Ogoigbe
31/10/23

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