The Personage

3

The Personage

Seated in the foyer of Èko suites

The air smelled sweet.

“Everything I love but not this country ”

“Excuse me “, I speak. “Are you from Europe?”

Slience. Wobble. Not like that , I am an African.

African?

Remorseful. “Ours is different from white heads.”

Immaculate reasoning.

“Because of cancerworm that lives with us? ”

Newspaper faced up. Soft music plays.

Television shows national heads.

“Even a blind man knows this country is darkness.”

Waggle his seats.

Continues. “Ignominy to every national heads.”

Chirping. Reading newspaper.

“Personage of savior is you?”, I asked.

“But we are all leaders” he replied.

Alas! “Just few know this.”

Why? “Because we hate politics.”

Silence.

Creative works (literature, art and culture) emerging from Nigeria.

Discussion3 Comments

  1. Nice poem. The poet shows the problem of the country and the excuses her citizens gives . Interesting because it is dramatic.

Leave A Reply