I Anoint My Flesh by Wole Soyinka

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I anoint my flesh

Thought is hallowed in the lean

Oil of solitude

I call you forth, all, upon

Terraces of light. Let the dark

Withdraw

I anoint my voice

And let it sound hereafter

Or dissolve upon its lonely passage

In your void. Voices new

Shall rouse the echoes when

Evil shall again arise

I anoint my heart

Within its flame I lay

Spent ashes of your hate –

Let evil die.