lemonade

[Achebe]

how can we forget it's april?
thirty birthdays in a row—
thirty freedy krueger smiles,
thirty dirty girls, to go!
 
how can we forget it's april?
vodka toniced broken sluts,
walking to the bar on crutches—
christmas didn't hurt so much!
 
how can we forget it's april?
sticky threesomes. . . spiders. . . hell;
how can we forget it's april?
dear god,
                 can we
                              skip may,
                                              as well?