THE TURN AROUND

For Ngwen

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

Was it ever to be so
Or am I just imagining?
Really, wonders shall never cease
For, how can a girl who gave up biology
Today, suiddenly grqb the subject prize?
Before, she was a novice
Today all of that has changed.

She can label a toe
She can name the parts ofnthe heart, singing
She defines osmosis, mitosis,photosynthesis, all in peace
She knows biology, botany, zoology, agronomy and ecology
She wants to be another Rice
She has vowed to spray out any form of vice
And says by 2025, she'll be engaged.

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