Akwasi Aidoo Poems

In Peace (Or Pieces)

Comrade, since you say
We can't eat democracy with
...

Still
the past sits
by our pains-plate
like a crow waiting to
eat the carcass of our dreams.
...

Query

We are a developing country You say?
...

Alone it stands, not just
soulless, untoward, rising skybound
On a clear weather day it stands
against hanging vain-strutting smoke
...