A Rainy Night in a Nigerian City

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Saturday 31 March 2018

A Rainy Night in a Nigerian City

Strange 'tis,

Walking in the rain

On the path to your home,

Headlights behind you.

Bent poles, dangling cables─

A myriad of carelessness.

The darkness, the wetness:

You are almost in the ditch.

Wailing hawkers, haggling buyers─

Indifferent to sounds' enveloping pitch.

On the day's deathbed, the blackness

Thickens, and then comes quietness.

What's left for today is a mess─

Dirt: dumped cans, polythene bags, junk;

All aspiring to be the foundation

Of our tomorrow's environment.

(July 3rd, 2005)

Photo by Andy Grizzell on Unsplash

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