Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

January 16, 1968 - Umuahia, Nigeria
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On the Eve of Hanging Day

Noctilucent creeping ones garrison
The winding paths on the eve of hanging day.
So are the nubiferous skies, yielding fluidlights,
Anti-Satanic and humorous
Gentle drums on the spine of the village
Aid the tramping feet.

And from us here in the horsewhip-guarded
Kennel, prayers!

And they flee!

Behind the eye of their billowing
Native garments,
Lonesome pathways of a scorched hamlet
Hung on the homely contour of the
Eve of the hanging day.
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