Poem:Dark Zone
DARK ZONE
When he served me oil as
‘oji’
And gave me ‘mmiriakioyibo’as water
When he called his children
to greet his guest
And all I saw was shadows waving hands
When he laughed over my joke
And i saw nothing but a tooth When his wife brought me
‘mmiriaka’
And all I saw was her
‘ogodo’
When Adannem called on phone
And I saw just a blur screen When I tried checking
my time
Been fed up with all that was
And I saw just the leather straps
When that ‘being’ in ‘ogodo’
Served the long awaited dish
Steaming hot it seemed
But it could make ‘Amalinze’ catch cold
When my host exclaimed ‘Chiejigo’
And those shadows brought him lamp
Instead of rays of light like the lamps I use
It was hurting darkness
When I tapped Jideofor my friend
He was so stiff,so cold
With a smile like a fiend
When it dawned on me
That short sight had brought us doom
Because we wanted to do things
Like flaunt our new Gucci coats
‘Ifeerikakwanu’grandpa would say
‘Ajommuo dikwa’ his wife always replied
When that host,our host
Decided to yawn
It had been a long day
And a long yawn it was Ash and blood poured as spittle
He turned to me
And in a whisper that awoke Jide
He said ‘Welcome to the dark zone’
-ADIKO-
