Nova Scotia Artist, Joy Laking, posts ramblings while she's travelling and painting in South America.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Jan 19, Ada Foah, Ghana

January 19, Ada Foah, Ghana

This word picture was written by the two of us while enjoying cold beer! 

Jim: In Africa,  thank god for cold beer.
        I'm married to an artist.
        One is important to survive the other.

Joy: The adobe huts are brown and dusty.
        People mend nets, bath and cook.
        I smile, say hello and soak it all in.

Jim: My mother never made it to Africa.
        My father never made it to Africa.
        My mother and father never drank cold beer.

Joy: Jim: Don't wreck that map.
                Why are you carrying your pack?
                What are you putting on sun screen for!
        Joy: I am sorry.

Jim: Walking on the dirt road by fishing huts,
        Wobbly legs, heat stroke coming.
        "All inclusive". - cold beer

Joy: A  buzzard circles overhead.
        We are old enough to be fodder
        Yet we savour the miracle of here.

Jim: Kelsey, Danica and Yolande like cold beer.
        Jeffrey, Alex and Bryan like cold beer.
         Would any of them like Africa?

Joy: "Tempt not your god fashions"
        "Wait upon The Lord beauty salon"
         "Annointed Peace and love; fish and fashion"
         Is death the only way to an easier life?

Jim: Obruni in Ghana,
        Black man in Canada.
        Both like old beer.

Joy: The setting is safe and shady.
        There is more cold beer.
        We are sucking up courage to return to heat stroke.

Jim: Is the black man from Canada
        An Obruni
        When he drinks cold beer in Ghana?

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