POEM: BABE MARIA

by Jo Africa Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:42 pm

Babe Maria!
Babe hope that you know me,
Babe good morning!
Listen to me now, babe!
There’s a warning!
Prison will call me.

Hello!
I was your classmate,
Babe you were my soul mate,
You promised that you’ll marry me:
The time you are a graduate!

Babe I never knew,
That your teacher was your man:
But love is like flu:
See the way you gave me pain.

I took you like a sister,
You saw me like a mister,
The teacher was so jealous
And he said that I’m a gangster.

I’m using Marijuana,
Things I do not Africana,
He told the police,
That I stole his spanner!

Babe I went to prison and so…
It was a prison,
The very danger season,
The very crazy house my dear,
You must reason.

The house of correction,
You can’t ask a question,
I saw the strange things my babe,
I can’t mention.

I was jailed because of you,
And this time I’m free,
I prayed daily for you,
Babe can’t you see?

Don’t tell me that
You don’t know me,
Girl remember the past,
Hey! I was your men,
Let the promise come to pass!