Amon

SUMMER DAY IN MY VILLAGE

The morning rooster starts it all

Awakening the bulbul to glorify the beauty of nature

As dawn twilight conquers the thickest cloud of night darkness

Then the bright sun fumbles up the Eastern Highlands

Chasing away the irritating morning dew 

Enchanting the reptiles to the exposed granite rocks

The dark nurtured aesthetical reflection of chlorophyll is not a fancy

The fresh warm moist Congo breeze promising to pledge waters later today

And it is noisy all around, whistles and shouts

Drivers of cattle as land tillage takes place

Mothers holding bowls of groundnuts seeds after the plough, planting

Breaking later to drink mugs from granny\'s pot of brewed traditional beer

It is warm in the afternoon and teenagers whistle up

With huge herds of cattle and flocks of sheep and goats down to the river valley

Boys, girls gather up together at a common large dam

Jumping heads down into the water, swimming, all naked but innocent

What a jealousy weather it is to spoil the party

A thick dark thunderhead chases them home, all wet

Heavily raining for an hour, two or three

And in a while, a colorful rainbow stretches across villages

An adjunct interesting unseen angelic proficient choir of frogs

Bass, tenor, soprano and a little bit of sopranino 

Until the light starts fading in an effect of dusk twilight

 It is dark again and the moon is struggling behind the dispersing clouds

Keeping the fight till the sky a clear anew

 Smiling in the reflection of celestial ornaments

The nearly full and bright moon, all stars across the space

Jolly children are leaping outside

Sitting a circle, telling folktales and singing ancient songs

Traditional games of hide and seek are not spared either

Towards midnight, they quit one by one

It is too late and it is a day for all and sundry.