No.

It's not because I'm having an affair with a wealthy married man who buys me pretty things and promises me he'll leave her for me; A nɔ want yu.

Yes, I know you're ABC and you do XYZ, you'll take me here and there and do this and that; "But a nɔ want yu".

Even though she'll give the world to be here with you, a jus nɔ want yu.

Your shoes; tanned leather, your collar; starched-stiff, your skin touched with that jc gloss and your back pocket bulging and screaming "you know say money no be problem"

But a still nɔ want yu.

Don't do that. I said no.

Don't call me that. No means no.

Careful now, your ugly is starting to show.

Don't ask me "Aw yu de mek so ba", because I already told you. A nor want u. Without an explanation or apology.

A nɔ want yu.

Rejected, jilted, self conflicted sexually frustrated turned angry, vindictive slanderous story teller.

"Bitch", "slut", "hypocrite" just a few untrue words you said out loud and to every idle ear to restore your shrunken ego, just because I said...

Ebun Tengbeh is a Lawyer and Poet based in Sierra Leone.