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OBIORA UDECHUKWU
Maru
Maru the Mad
Has gone for a walk
Our hill is now littered
With pellets of goat shit
Haiku
Bushy-tailed squirrels
Trees undressing in the yard
Farewell to summer
Trapped
Trapped in this cozy cage
Gazing at the cold wilderness
Of whiteness
We spin clouds into yarn
Weave yarns into song
Waiting for the new year
In France, the griot has gone home
In Ibadan, the towncrier is silenced.
("Maru" "Haiku" and "Trapped" are taken from Portraits and Landscapes)
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