Kolawole Ajao - Longevity

The secret of longevity seems to be in Okinawa
Where women live for a century and ten
in the least of it
But that of men is ninety and nine
Whether in Okinawa or Adelaide
Whether in Oslo or Ogbomoso or and in Minna
Whether in Okhlahoma or in Herefordshire
Whether in Hanoi or in Kumasi or The Hague
Whether in Dakar or in Dhaka
The womenfolk live longer than us.

Kolawole Ajao

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