Erinma Chukwuka
@erinmachukwuka474939
1 year ago

AN ODE TO JOLLOF:

With the red vigour of the tomato and the mighty crest of onions,
You burn your red flame,
scarring nations,
causing them to fight for who best deserves your loyalty.

For you are a mighty warrior,
our ancestors told us,
thus we can never forget.

Mixed with beans,
you become a great treat,
the soft beans and warm rice from your stables,
never cease to soothe the aching thirst of our tounges.

With meat of every form,
you create a spark in not only my eyes but the inner depths of my tongue.

This same spark was first made,
when I saw my mother prepare the sauce known to form you,
for the very first time,
the ingredients,
mixed delicately in a hot pot,
simmering,
making pleasant fumes
all over our kitchen.

Then,
I got to really know you,
A mighty warrior you are,
but you are homely,
with a heart as bright as you are,
you stayed with me all the while,
even in my days of school,
you never left my side,
as the father of concoction rice,
from your sauce,
I was able to create varieties of rice as I pleased.

Truly,
Jollof rice,
you are a great warrior
because you never leave your own.

By Erinma.

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