Tomi Adenekan

Did you see me slip from your hands
Did you see me roll off your knees
Did you hear the bump
...

It was a life or death leap.
His determined feet pound rhythmically behind my tail
Heart pounding, I scurry across the path.
The rush of his feet on the leaves nearly as fast as the beat of my catheart
...

It's not true, what they say
That once you're dead, you're dead.
I hear the wailing wall of mourners
Slowly dissolve,
...

The room was large
Too large for one person
The bed was small in the middle of the
Magic-making machines that surround it
...