Sick Earth
The
earth has lost her crown;
Empty
towns,
empty
streets, crowded houses,
silent
footfalls...
An
ailment punctured the earth like -
flying
reeds and colossal volcanoes.
Strokes
her into shambles and confusion.
Contingency
after contingency.
We
bought grief with the coins produced
in
the mints of our mistakes and couldn’t help
but
run like a toad in broad daylight.
Everything
is dust, even power.
Nwaoha
Chibuzor Anthony is an Igbo-born poet whose poems have appeared or are
forthcoming in Headline poetry and press, 20:35 Africa Anthology, African
writer, Kalahari review, Art Lounge, Nantygreens, Konya shasrumi, Eboquilis,
Praxis Magazine, Afritondo, Eunoia review & elsewhere. He lives in Orlu, a
sleepy city in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. He is currently on an MBBS
programme in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Nwaoha is on Twitter @heisamaverick
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