The Alligator Took My Brother Poem by Quir Diing Jr.

Green neem trees line the Nile
On the living side of the great Nile
Seeing residents crossing
The quarter of a mile
Wide White Nile
Swimming with no life saver
It’s the bathing pool for the unmarried class.

Red-yellowish light of the setting
Sun shone in the water.
A dangerous reflection of the light
From the water landed in my cornea
Blurring my vision for seconds.
Evening time it announces
As a dangerous conqueror
Of the river appeared
Carrying sharp knife-like teeth,
On its lower jaw.
A fifteen yard long alligator.

An innocent guest stood
On a cliff on the most silent
And coolest part of the river
Never does he knows something
Of the river foe sort.
And the animal crawled underneath
The water and swiftly
Chopped off the latter’s left leg.
The deepest channel was always his home.
As I felt the pain in my vein
Like the victim.
Bless my soul!
He has taken him
A fellow I had once
Called a brother of mine
He will make him his evening meal.