“I was born to keep it so. A hive
Is never known to wonder. An anthill
Does not desert its roots. We cannot see
The still great womb of the world—
No man beholds his mother’s womb—
Yet who denies it’s there? Coiled
To the navel of the world is that
Endless cord that links us all
To the great origin. If I lose my way
The trailing cord will bring me to the roots."
Elesin, in Wole Soyinka, Dead
and the King’s Horseman
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