Baba Suliya called a family meeting,
he told them
“I am buying a new car.”
Iya Suliya, Iya Tobi, and Iya Chukwube – his wives
in unison, told him it’d be a waste of money
“What about the cars you already have?”
And they were right.
Their tanks are always full, but Baba rarely drives them
except for the tanned one, his recent favourite.
So, Tobi and Olamide prepared the garage
as Baba Suliya asked
as the family waited for Baba’s new car.
And one weekend, it arrived
in a glossy dark hue
with a bouncy broad boot –
Aunt Omowunmi,
the teacher who taught Christian Religious Studies,
the one who told Olamide’s class that polygamy is a sin.
