I See No Jungles Here Poem by Chinyelu Agwu

I See No Jungles Here



Where lies the jungle, he asks.
I was told to go this way, he says.
You see, I'm on a safari, he says,
To view the wild animals
That tear up throats
Eat up seeds
And snatch the babies as they proceed
From their mothers' wombs.
Not here, not here, I answer.
The jungle lies beyond that fence.
You will have to trek very far away
From this place where lives meet
Seeking peace and unity.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This is the introduction to the first of the trilogic poetry collection titled, It's No Fantasy, written for Nigeria in 2022. The three parts are titled as follows: I See No Jungles Here; I See the Living; and It's No Fantasy. The first, second, and third parts contain eleven, eight, and five poems respectively. The collection reinstates a belief in Nigeria's ability to conquer its multiple problems which are depicted in the poems using imagery of realism, fantasy, and social reconstruction.
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