Performer Poem by Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

He was angry,
burning every wood
he came across
till he discovered
that the city
he had built
inside him
was facing drought
for the past forty years.

He entered
the public bathroom
to cool his temperature
the streets inside there
were flooded,
especially, the principal,
taxis and police cars sirened,
he vomited salmon.

He stopped drinking
and slouched.
He could see the city
in darkness,
its people
carrying
their belongings
to the field,
he tied the bandanna
around the neck
to migrate,
the security officers arrested
him with the house.