NEW EDITION OF NOT THAT LADY ANY MORE

'NOT THAT LADY ANYMORE'

Thighs that are consuming, 

sinful though they seem not

Thighs with the width of a water hole in the Sahara, pulling sane men out of their senses.

Her appearance is like a  dream, vivid dream driven by erotic lust,

that oils modern prostitution.

It's been almost a decade.

Yeah, a decade that those thighs have consumed men, 

as she fucks her way up the ladder of her career.

My affection has become dumb, I can hardly decipher how she fought her way into 

the monthly payroll, 

attracting fat paycheques

month by month.

Maybe I met a writer in a guest house

instead of the national library.

At that point my spirit broke after a sip of cocktail in a poetry event.

Did I mistake my boss for a bed mate? 

As I ponder over this, wondering what was amiss, I became tongue tied, wishing to speak out only to appear on television and became famous.

Akorede... Forgive me,

Now you see...

I am not that lady anymore, I mean 

that lady that you used to know.

I am a brand new wife,

Now pure for your bed.

AJAKAYE RASHIDAT OLAMIDAYO

STRIDA_ Striking Ideas

Edited by Chas Ideho.

The poet personae apologizes to her man for all her adulterous acts and promises to be ever faithful.