In this comic poem by poetess Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia, we learn about one Koo Kum's attempt to break his virginity. Koo was forever turned off by his 'easy' girlfriend who spreads rumours about his 'impotence' making him the laughing stock of his area.

Enjoy!

THAT FIRST TIMER

Koo Kum anticipated and anticipated

Like a villager promised a city tour

His crown being his foolish grin

When he thought of his awesome spin

On top of the heavenly angel

Whose beauty had consumed

All her gargantuan flaws

In his eyes

II

Mere fantasies made him drool

His perfect words

Manly looks

Controlling initiation

Rewarding sounds

And perfect poundings

Nothing went wrong in the land

Of his make belief

Boosting his confidence

III

Finally he was joining the table of men

To dine in the pot

Age had cooked into heated cold

Switching to perfection with the mood

Yaa Afranso, his deary dear

IV

Who cared how many hands

Ate from her heavenly pot?

Who cared about her 'akolomia' legs?

Who cared about her infested sofas

Arrested by rot from avenging foods

Which had suffered years of butchering

Grinding and swallowing

From the little toffee

God gave her to invest in her growth?

Even she turning an 'opremire'

To shed her skin in multicolism

Bloated his yam tuber

Buried deep in the land of his apparels

Making it the visible snake in daylight

V

Then the day which had travelled

Through time's most complacent bridal walk arrived

Hailed by his energetic enthusiasm

Dark room, he thought, was best

As none must see to know

Until after he had conquered his warrior task

But all preparations suddenly packed their bags

And left with his vigour

But Yaa Afranso won't let go of his soil

She dug into his land and easily uprooted his tuber

Her foul aromatic meal

Arresting his nose with swift sharpness

Whipping him to reach for the switch

Flood of light showed all the dancing viruses and germs

Hiding in her smile

His bloated tuber already forcefully stirring her meal

Lost its air in action

Causing him to call on God

The one person he hid from to get this far

But He showed his mercilessness with His quietude

And Koo Kum mentally buried his tuber forever

VI

And so it was

That Koo Kum became the Tuesday weeder

Chased by angry sleepy gods

In his beloved home ground

Attracting giggles from maidens

Who bought the tall tales of Afranso

With their hard earned time

[Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c)9th August 2016]

The Author:

Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia is the only Ghanaian whose poem appeared in Babishai's anthology for last year titled Boda Boda Anthem. Her first anthology, Poetry Excursion on an African Mind, was chosen for study of Female Writers of Africa, a final year course at KNUST last semester.

She has over over 4,000 poems and her latest publication is a prose on Amazon titled Secondary Rythms yet to be published in hard copy. She is also a literary blogger at www.amoafowaa.com, blogging mostly on poetry.