The Date
(for all victims of political assassinations)
Chidozie Chukwubuike
Imo State, Nigeria
Friday, May 9, 2008
Even when they had sewn up the deed,
the discarded hand-gloves of the surgeons
still lie about in testament.
Even the disquieting
sounds
of the Executioner’s iron boots
shall in time re-echo
the other side of forced silences.
Even their gate of
power,
as pig-headed as a stubborn anus,
cannot eternally hold back flatulence.
And we wait, patiently,
upon
the conscience of time,
the superintendent of all truths,
to pronounce judgement
on the plunderers of our heritage.
Chidozie Chukwubuike
Association of Nigerian Authors,
Imo State Branch.