Sentinel Poetry (Online) #39

The International Journal of Poetry & Graphics

February 2006. ISSN 1479-425X. Editor: Amatoritsero Ede

Kunle Shittu

*Wahala I

Homeless trunks

Passing the night

Under pedestrian Bridges

Corpses

Lying on Federal roads

Left for days

To reek

And

Rot

Wahala II

Blasts

Of thirst

Tremors

Of anger

Same blasts, same tremors

Right there on the streets

Every second

*pidgin English for ‘trouble’.

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