
Life In Abakpa*
by Ugwu Erochukwu Shedrach
this a haven
where a boy swims to find a name
in the dead river of the street.
here; everyone creeps to himself
like a snail on a rainy afternoon.
everyman lives at the verge
of his burning throat.
their voices are hidden,
a child becomes a man
and a man becomes a child.
the paradox of running/away from home....READ MORE



