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Vol.4. No.1. October - December 2010

 


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Someone’s Daughter

 

By Ikechukwu Obialo Azuonye


Someone's daughter,
Where's all the laughter?

Someone's sister,
Do you know her mister?

Someone's cousin,
Did she not have a dozen?

Someone's auntie,
Soul of the party?

Someone's wife and
Dear to her husband

Someone's mother,
Yes, and another

Someone's granny,
Wouldn't have a nanny.

Precious to someone
Precious to everyone
Precious to everyone
Precious to God

How dare you!

 


Ikechukwu Obialo Azuonye was born and raised in Eastern Nigeria. He qualified as a medical doctor in 1976. Came to the UK for specialist training in 1979 and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist in 1985. He has written two books about American politics and society (as a result of which he enjoyed Visiting Scholar status to three universities in the USA.) He left the National Health Service in 2004 to work in the independent and private sector. Now based in Harley Street, London, W1.  He is the author of America the Beautiful in our Lifetime (1992).

 

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