Òtúúrúpọ̀n Méjì

['II', 'II', 'I', 'II']

Rain. Cooling. Patience.

Water from above. Fever breaking. The wait that heals.

Illness talked of with respect. When a sitting must cool.

Òtúúrúpọ̀n is rain on hot earth. Teach sùúrù (patience), òjò (rain), ìtùnú (comfort). The name is long — that is the lesson: do not clip Yoruba names to fit English. Say every vowel.