Jerry Ukaigwe

Darkly
As the snake sloughed off
Dearth upon the earth
Sore,
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Chei! see the incision across the limbs of lizards
The boils about the bottom of delta land
And your kits knit with knees and gizzard
This is your demon-cracy oh Pharaohs in Asoland
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It was Lolo that sang and dubbed him the sower
As he paddled his polio crookedly warped
Wiggly wobbly merrily rower
Their blouses he patched and their men he dwarfed
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I knew when Stephen smiled
For it lit the room far and wide
Down to hearts far a mile
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Nwaezegbu did you see my father?
Did you find him across the clouds?
What did he say to you when you arrived?
Was he robed in smile or beads of frown?
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