razz girls of faulks road

fan corn and pear over wired gauze and red hot charcoal 

sell to passersby

braid each other’s hair, dip the tips in hot water

hawk boiled groundnuts in rainy seasons

buy okirika clothes, mend them to fit

drink beer straight from the bottle

pencil kohl around their eyes, their lips

fight the mechanics that heckle them

break bottles

break bottles

wet the fingers with spittle to count money

save money in brassiere

enter night bus to lagos

return by christmas,  speaking yoruba