Rejected

My in-laws 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter
Not even the orphaned calf plucked from suckling the teats of its dead mother 
Not even the careless hen that lays its eggs in the bush for the wild cats 
Not even the retarded ram that attempts to mate with the he-goats
Not even a week old, rained on chicken to please my mother-in-law
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter!
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My in-laws 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter
You may not know this, but of what value is your daughter to me? 
I have already tasted her sweetness and spat her bitterness 
I have put her on the path of motherhood, right under your roof on your matrimonial bed 
I am a man of dignity, I shall not act like a dog that licks its vomit 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter! 
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My in-laws 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter
You treat me like an honourable guest, not knowing I know this home more than most of you
I know all the paths that lead to and from this homestead in the darkest nights
I know where, when and how my in-laws sleep, and that is a grave taboo
I even know the names of all the dogs you keep and how each of them barks 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter! 
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My in-laws 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter
Many a times I have eaten from my mother-in-law's cooking pot 
Hiding in the kitchen, I have explored the pots dangling on strings fastened to the rafters 
I have stolen eggs, from the hens brooding in my in-laws kitchen 
Worse still, I don't want to be remembered as the suitor who knew where his in-laws flour basket was kept 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter! 
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My in-laws 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter
I have slept on the bed where you slept on the night you made your daughter 
I have seen the torn undergarments of my mother-in-law hanged in her bedroom 
I have slept in my father-in-law's pants and left them dirty at dawn 
I have made your daughter my temporal wife, here in this house 
I will not pay anything as bride price for your daughter!
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®Oyoo Mboya 2016
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- Heartstrings -

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