Iym onna mishon forra gerl
krossing China jus to si her
ona slo chrayn going west
krossing mouwntins in my kot.

Shis onna mishon for tha boi
fly eirchina for to si mi
bundling legings inna bag
wot to bring and wot to not

bring your person bring your boots
spanix boots and spanix wyn
put your bodi in this plays
taiwan boox and qinese wyn

i wil sit heer lyk an ox
wayting unda shaydi tri
wayting hyuman wil tu find me
pat my **** and skweez my ni

qyneez wyn
qyneez wyn
wyn in qyneez
qyneez wyn

pump my rat and wyn qyneez
shaydi tri with pengyou lao
thingking hyuman tu gud tu mi
wy *** look for stinki kao

The objects of memory
are soft,
little fingers of a child
discovering the world for the first time
the texture of moss archived on their index and thumb

The objects of memory
are gentle,
kind words like  “muy bien” &“you did it”
as salt water drips down your cheeks and you exit the calm Pacific for the first time to be embraced after with a long soft towel

The objects of memory
are subjective
sometimes lost in the suppressed ocean of “too painful” & too lonesome hiding under a bed

The objects of memory
can be cold,
like the touch of a coffin you couldn’t  see over back when you were only a few feet tall or the feeling you got years after
as you stared from above at your grandparent or the touch of their hand as they lay there


The objects of memory
can be transcendent
like four hours of mediation finally
breaking away the clouds
As if it were mighty Poseidon
just to find Buddha under the bodi tree behind the Stratus cloud


the soothing waves of ocean
during your 100th brand new encounter
lingers in the fervent gleam of today
as you collect new objects of memory

We dey inside moto park for Naija
Dey mussle our way,
Dey hussle,
Dey para,
Dey pussle
Di way our politician dem
Dey take us play ping pong.

After hussle,
We go go chill,
We go go shake bodi,
We go go shayo.

Wetin bi dis one
Wey bi say
We no go hear something again?

Everywhere now
Na Pennsylvania bi di talk.
Everywhere now
Na Trump talk say for Pennsylvania,
Na Kamala talk say for Pennsylvania,
Na wetin!?
Pennsylvania dey for America,
Here na Naija,
Wetin concern us for Pennsylvania?

We no dey live for America,
We dey live for Naija.
Make our government give us
Wetin we go take survive for Naija,
Wetin concern us for Pennsylvania?
Nothing concern us for Pennsylvania.