ROMANTICISM: "AJOKE" BY AKEEM SOLIU ENIOLA

Tonight, 

I want the lean of my knock on your door, 

for I just returned from the ghost empire.

Tired, 

weak, 

the muse testifying to dizziness.

Let the oil-lamp be quiet 

and the night hear 

the squeak of the bed.

Shall the beads be counted?  

AKEEM SOLIU ENIOLA

- Nigeria

The poet persona uses little words smartly to tell his woman that he would feed on her sexual meal for the night. He desires to touch his beloved woman to reduce his daily stress.