A Strange Hallow Poem by Ruth Kamasungua

The moon
A pale red
Glowing cookie
Pasted onto the
Eastern dusty
Sky wall
Casting its strange
Hallow
Over this dust covered
City
The night air stills
Itself
Leaving the leaves
To fall silent
And the mangoes
Refuse to fall
Guarded by red ants
Scaring thirsty souls
From climbing
Friends, classmates and
neighbors
Talking softly
Laughing, and posing
Waiting in the dusk,
Relieved that exams
Are coming to an
end