The elephant dies and melts
Melts off in the bowels of Mongudu
The buffalo dies and melts
Melts off in the bowels of Mongudu
Mongudu the melting pot!
The melting pot of ancient days
Neither the thickness of the elephant’s skin
Nor the filthiness of the pig’s
Is a threat to Mongudu
Once on heat
Mongudu boils them all
Tell all the Mongudus
That the decadence of a pot
Is the concern of only the pot owner
Tell Mongudu
A water pot is good
Only for as long as it is clean
Water is not water
We may not know their sources
Rain is not river
All may not flow
A well is not a pool
Nor is it a pond
Even at boiling point
Some waters are still contagious
Tell Mongudu
The parable of the squirrel
Let her know
In what delights the mouth
Lies the death of the eater
Tell her
The pot is the eye of the body
May it see no evil.
Mongudu is a ready pot
As rough as the crocodile
As ugly as the Hippo
All melt in Mongudu
Could it be gluttony?
Perhaps it is avarice
Heat is all and one to her
Duration and intensity notwithstanding
Alas! Mongudu boils on
Then comes the day of reckoning
The news goes a beckoning
Mongudu is cold
But no one is bold
Some heat to share
With the melting pot of ancient days
Mongudu the melting pot dies
Alas! No melting pot for Mongudu
Mongudu stinks.
8 comments:
Mongudu is the traditional earthen ware cooking pot common among the Yoruba tribe of the south western Nigeria.
The cooking pot is thick and can withstand any heat, so many find it ideal for cooking.
An analogy is drawn with this poem to show the reckless abandon with which some ladies sleep around.They sleep with the rich, the poor, the handsome, the ugly and the beast.
The poem simply points out that when the repercussion comes, no one will be there to share their predicament with them.
i love the collection of ur poems. maybe u can shed more light on why u wrote some?
I love your poem. Quite traditional in diction. keep it up.
I will like to have you on my blog.
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Which language is the word Mongudu
thank you sir for the poem.
Yoruba language of the people of the western region on Nigeria
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