Sokomba Esther
@esthersokomba371406
1 year ago

Amala and Abula

My journey is of food through the gut
Looking through the window seemed
yet an eternity
Reminiscing family dinner on
Saturdays
As tongues adventure with indigenous
recipes
This racing tummy will get home
before my very own body
The thought of Amala and Abula

Home here I come!
The worms in the middle belt getting
more desperate than my oesophagus
If I ever missed home; I missed mums cooking
The sweet aroma from her gbegiri made me swallow but saliva
Amala the wealthy husband of ewdu, obe ata and gbegiri
Ha! a collabo that qualifies as Abula
Is it the ponmo, fresh fish, bokoto,
panla that are intertwined in what I
can't explain?

Ewedu, you are good driver that gets Amala fast to its destination
Who does Amala and Abula better
than mum?
The power of crayfish and onion
makes my nose jolly
Iru makes this meall a final delicacy
Spices and habanero all adorned in a lovely garment of palm oil
Dragged my lauguge out of the couch then the door knob
Mum is doing the usual!
Amala and abula! I can't wait to have feel of it.
#Poetry
#FlavoursofHome

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