Urhobo
Historical
Society
Omena
By
Ochuko Tonukari
Omena
means �my own� in Urhobo
She
is
an
innocent
child
fresh as morning dew,
waking up
languorous and rosy-cheeked,
erupts into an
angry, angst-ridden adolescence,
growing
in spurts
overnight,
acne ridden visage
ignored
for a
profligate, pleasurable pubescence