SANDY SUICIDE
Sand Against Sand; Suicide! Doom, Assured.
DEATH IS A VENTURE
Ours is a dream to live right for heaven, But the passage we courageously fear, And to be buried is a fate we don’t dare. I’ve known many who don’t...
WHEN COUNTRY IS BAD
Retirees weep on dying beds But next day an obituary will read, “A life well spent”! Schoolchildren learn under Tigris tree Sitting on the bare ground At the mercy of...
HOW LONG?
Worries creep daily in my head, And my soul is wary of what lies ahead… It seems you’ve really filled your pockets With enough to buy jets and rockets. Yes,...
BROTHER, COME HOME
Ndubuisi, since you left Our eyeballs have fallen off their sockets… Since you chose to reside in the White man’s land Our moon has turned pale Rocks fall from the...
PATIENT DOG
Why hoping on tomorrow when tomorrow will never come? Why say “it will be better” when it’s not even good at all? Why do you talk of the future when...