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Leonell EchaFebruary 4, 2017

1 My mother is a woman, sometimes she fancies herself super human. My father is a man, restrictions endued him with strange powers Miracles choke our world, blessings litter the streets. God has been good though to his miniatures evil is irresistible. One thing and another In […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 19, 2017

I am in a faraway land, but I am one of you and I shall come soon with many others too. I hear of your farms, where you harvest tubers as big as rams. I hear of the polo field, and the many fields where the dancing and sporting tell of youth and excitement. I […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 4, 2017

A circus bull, a red-eyed bull, Charging for blood; dying for mud. Niger delta helter-skelter Helter-skelter Niger delta They grope for stars, in a hostile sky. They dare to fish as they are fished, in poison ponds and muddy graves. There is a pattern, their lives take. There is a manner in which their live […]

Leonell EchaJuly 9, 2016

He fainted there, Where he stood in the line for food. The sun was high. Dizziness overcame him, Barely fifteen we could see. Days with little food, They said. Many days with little to eat, This fainting is long overdue anyway. In his dirtied tattered clothing, His bowl for alms begging, Tightly clutched, The Almajiri […]

Leonell EchaJuly 8, 2016

It was on a misty evening that Leila died. She was seventeen, When that tragedy stamped past. Every day, before that day, She had walked down the street on which I live, On which she lived. Sometimes arguing with herself, Other times with unseen companions. I did not think Leila was ever happy. I never […]

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ALMAJIRI

LEILA

Love and distance

Here, I drink

Parallel

Changes

To dream

Love and distance

Here, I drink

Parallel