The first thing a River Boy knows is that he does not know until he
There is always that something in your head, like the one Dr Obierika’s son had
When we are not in the room listeningTo Mama’s teary roar at our father,Or his
(For my Grandfather)There is tenderness in eating from the same platterwith someone other people kiss
I think of the bird flying off a broken branch she had always known as
bonding is covalent when you hold your lover by the tongueand tell each other secrets
When the queen of a bee colony becomes too old or unproductive, the worker bees
iIn a bar where each man is a dreamer,my lover keeps Freddie Mercury in time,eyes
Last night, I called Ikem and got the answering machine. His voice was curt and
She tells him he drives like a woman and he says nothing and she says