DARK ENTRAILS

Nwafor Awala

Change vomited dark entrails 

Of the bald vulture on my clan;

We were buried,
One after the other,
In the belly of the village stream, 
And pulled out
Almost immediately 
To choruses that had no place 
When waist dance shared peace 
From the full moon;

We have brayed and prayed
In the names of strange ancestors
Printed in a book of curses, blessings,
And chronicles of their blessed exodus
But we have been sinking
Down the understream 
Among the half dead and the forgotten; 

We reek of bile throws 
From a turn in history 
When our men were led from line
By yellow ants

Thus change has treated 
MY clan this badly. 

  • Author: Nwafor Oji Awala (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 29th, 2024 02:22
  • Comment from author about the poem: Dark Entrails depicts what traditional societies in black Africa suffer by moving from their traditional ways of life to adopting foreign religious practices.
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Comments1

  • Eugene S.

    To me, this speaks of an ancient wrong. One that has been instilled deeply into memory. Well written and intriguing poem!



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