Twenty Sixty-Three?

Babatunde Fagbayibo

 

Freedom wails in

strange tongues. Old fighters,

new fighters, soon-to-be new-new

fighters have all become

interpreters of the melody of

the tale of future (or is it

the present?) freedom

song.

 

Who shall tell the tale

of freedom? Shall we leave it

to those that have draped

liberty in masculine robes?

 

Freedom is a He; Liberty is

a Him, they screamed. And the

She? We'd get to that

later (maybe in 2063?),

they loudly proclaimed in their

last meeting.