After Aremu Adams Adebisi
Gravity pulls a leaping boy
& drags him to death
how long before a jump
becomes a suicide how long
before a boy becomes a
mortician’s items stuffed in
the belly of earth how long
before a mother tugs at her
wrapper her body
experimenting kinetic energy
aggressively how long
before the finger lifting a
morsel of amala becomes
separated from the body
how long before the eyebrows
become shut forever evoking
a melody of dirge on lips
I lift a mug & the wind whisks
me the cup morphed into shards
when did I become a quill amidst
the wide hand of the wind?
Abdulkareem Abdulkareem
is a young Nigerian writer who wants his voice to go beyond the thatched roof of his mother’s house. He writes fiction and poetry. He studies Linguistics and Nigerian Languages at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. He is fondly called Panini among friends. He writes from the ancient city of Ilorin. His works have appeared or are forthcoming on Poetrykit online anthology, ARTmosterrific, Naija Buffett readers, and The Kalahari Review. He tweets @panini500bc. He is on Facebook @Abdulkareem Abdulkareem.