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47 The Letter I am hungry for you tonight I want you tonight I need you tonight. Hungerwantneed intertwine like torsos Fight and play leg like then arm like I want your arms around me tonight I need to be squeezed tight tonight To know that you can chase my ghosts away For I am lonely tonight And needs like no other Breathe back my lifeline Hunger will feed want Want will answer need Need satisfy hunger And U are hungry for me tonight U need me tonight U want me tonight Hunger want and need spark a fire Hunger, need accede the ground Nothing but want, want, want Only hunger want want need and then some more And you are alive And my ghosts are no more I have absorbed life from you Hunger will feed hunger Want answer want Need demonstrate need And we are hungry for each other Giving each other life. 48 Read and give me back my life! The Lady said “No” today! What Lady? That Lady? Like all ladies She has denied me her splendours She has flirted with me all day long But remained true to her own god Clouded in multiple layers and shapes of veils Oh! That she would dance just for a peep – Today, I looked up and she was bald Stripped of her greenery Burned down beyond recognition Said to usher in the rains I wondered why the coyness and sighed. Buea, 2003 ...

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