If for
any reason I stopped
falling all over you,
sound
the gong to the deaf,
I have been cloned.
Tickle
the blind, I have
been cloned.
Your
dogmatic refrain,
notwithstanding,
getting
all over and
under your skin,
is an
evangelical calling
I took to heart, wholeheartedly.
The
spark of life shines
audible at your presence,
nature
cannot be fooled
nor mocked.
The
bounce of nature in us,
cannot be mocked nor fooled.
Your
dogmatic refrain,
notwithstanding,
I pledged,
my whole – hands-lips-tongue,
in defence of cancer
for yoooooooooooou!
-Amami H.
December 3, 2022
Akiode, Ojodu, Lagos