Omo Alaje,
Okuta trembles at your enthralling voice,
so does it fall apart before you like
dagon fell before the ark.
Your smile infects instantly at
contact like ebola,
initiating impulse buys by your
enticed customers.
Omo Alaje,
the market envies your opulence,
some tag you a whizz, some a witch.
The market leader's miscarriages is
your doing; they blurt.
Omo Alaje,
tell them how Eledua backed you up to
whop
ori buruku in a bout,
Tell them how you singly floored
atowo denu,
the dreaded profit eater and incurred
the plethora of Aje
Omo Alaje,
Your tender fingers have been
anointed with
the sacred 'poop' of 'Lekeleke'.
Your eyes harbour a spell which it
casts on passers-by,
halting their footsteps, as your
raconteuring voice calls out
"Temi-ni-e-wo Temi-ni-e-ra".
Omoalaje,
even your beauty inholds charm that
hexes
young merchants, bringing them all
back again,
all in the bid to own your
gracefulness in its entirety.
Even baba Risikat the bald headed
tycoon,
heard of your wealth in beauty and
possession,
tried to to add you to his league of
wives.
Who would resist your charm, Omo
alaje, Awelewa.
They know not who Alamu the sculpture
maker is to you.
Omo Alaje,
Efunsetan's wealth licks the dust off
the feet of yours,
yet, humility engulfs you, as
you joy most in your patronizers
as they swarm your conglomerate as
ants to sugar.
In variety, goods flock in to be
carted out in a jiffy via buyers,
Despite credit services, your profits
know no bounds.
Ajenirun will eat till its bursts out
of constipation,
without accomplishing a minute of its
renown mission.
Omo Alaje,
Riri says she saw your persistent
trials
in the womb of oceans, while Airi
attested to hearing
your cries dance in Orunmila's ears
each season,
which facilitated his hearkening to
you from
his holy mountains. Shame on your
detractors.
Triplets you conceived.
And as a hungry man devours a plate
of food,
Aje jowo maa bugba mi je.
I am Omo Alaje, Aje's abode.
Glossary
Airi- The one who didn't see
Riri- the one who saw
Atowo denu- from hand to mouth
Aje- goddess of wealth
Ajenirun- the devourer
Okuta- state of no sales
Lekeleke- bird of luck
Omo Alaje- Daughter of the goddess of wealth.
Aje jowo maa bugba mi je- goddess of wealth, kindly always grant me abundant sales .
Temi-ni-e-wo Temi-ni-e-ra- "Check my own goods, buy my own goods."
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Biography
Tejuoso Olamide hails from Abeokuta in Ogun State. Sheloves reading, researching and writing. She is an aspiringjournalist who believes in the philosophy of ‘writing to right’. She presently studies Communication and Language Arts in the University of Ibadan.
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