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Let the sky fall on my head and be heavier than this thought.I am talking about a feeling in search of how a nation crieslike it is in search of…More
May We Find Light After the Dark the journey is not too far from our legs;because the dust is a milkwood crescentadjacent to a sturdy boulder. we seekthe path from…More
Drinking Nectar Mama Nnuku!*It’s four years your daughter drank nectarand shut her gate over our faces _what kind of mother drinks and leave her children thirsty? I sit around this…More
my childhood friend’s mom as a land of memories when, like the wings of time, allare flying away from our hands,our memories hop and tryto catch them from departingabruptly, like…More
after Praise Osawaru every night, my phone transforms into a hospitalfront desk, hosting unsolicited calls andverses bleeding affection and its iteration.a labelled acquaintance texts me“hi baby.how was your day?have you…More
The Body as Metaphor for War another rape case echoes around your news feed. you scroll through the story& your fingers can almost touch blood. how much rage can the…More
Smoke in My Lungs I never knew what it was until I saw it in my father’s hand;then I was just a lad curious about the world. And the waymy…More
Heaven Is Not For Me I do not believe in heaven because what is heavenIf I could not loveThe trees, the breeze, the mist, you?That I would no longer wake…More
Lost Call We move forward in conjecturesAnd backward in previsions.The bayonets of servitudeWax stronger and impetuousAs the cistern of citizenry,Where compatriots drink from,Has been maggot infested and bacterized. The staff…More