Picture nine

you do not take a roof away
and expect the water to not touch the ground.
how do you infiltrate a dead mind?
how do you tie a soul to backwardness?
it’s India o’clock
and Salihu has understood his work with limits,
Davou knows he cannot carry passengers of Angwan Rogo.
while I drive, I am scratched
my windows crack,
I cannot bark.
it is better to sleep with a leaking roof
than to leave fire on it till morning.

Ruddapoet