For only A day's work pay

 "This Addis lad of mine

I could not believe he has now grown adult,

He soon is to be wedded,

Experience is what he needed.

You take him to bed

And show him how to operate

To steal a woman’s heart rate.

Women in this place do not come cheap

We pay a lot to purchase,

Especially the beautiful and ripe.

So for what it is worth,

The child ought to own

A product he can effectively use.

But be warn, don’t you dare

Get your dreams run wild?

By plotting to having a child –

No one would own or mind.

Once you are done with the lad,

Come to me – I needed you hand

Massaging for weeks I hadn’t had

And my thighs are getting tight

I would not be able to light the man’s weight

Come night."

"Yes Madam, but your child is not innocent

He does bizarre things one would not expect.

Besides, if I had to do what I must

How can I be in charge?

For the creation of unwanted child

From your Adonis’ discharge?"

Copyright Haileselassie Girmay

12/7/2001