Transformation

By Marion Kilson

The inspiration for this poem is the Gã ceremony Bi Kpodziemↄ.

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Brought from inner sequestration

Into a guest-filled yard.

Laid upon the ground at twilight;

Lifted to the star—

Not once but thrice.

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Distilled drink passes among guests;

Each one whispers the name.

Each one sips from a coconut.

Each one whispers again—

Not once but thrice.

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The trash heap no longer threatens.

Escaped from nothingness.

Before twilight became true dawn,

Escaped into being—

Not once but forever.

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Dr. Marion Kilson is a Harvard trained Social Anthropologist who has researched extensively into the cultural life of the Gã.

Marion Kilson is the editor of Kings, Priests & Kinsmen by E. A.Ammah (Legon-Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2016).

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