The Tale Of A Globetrotter
Once upon a time,
a traveller comes to our village
from a black world behind the sea,
wearing a wetted face
from tears of the clouds.
he sang like a canary
of stories in his lonely journeys,
1, 2, 3 steps to Babylon
to drink from nursing woods
a milk & some gourds of wine
3, 4, 5 and 6 to Aleppo
& lay his heart on the
laughing mountains,
awaiting the sky's cry
to pour the tears and saliva
on the dancing earth,
in it; is a pregnancy of
Zechariah's tomb.
“He once told us
how an air take him away
to the valley of diamonds
& how a river mouth swallowed
his town men”.
yesterday's night i dreamed,
“of our guest globetrotter,
stole our lands into his pinched pocket
to sell its men for slavery
to the night hunting owls,
while the trees cried out of war
our men flies out to Cairo
& leave him die slowly
of thirst on a hot desert”.
Bio:
Mubarak Said is a Nigerian poet,essayist and short story writer from the great city of Gombe. His works have appeared in different national and international magazines as world voices magazine, Susa Africa, beatnikcowboy, the pinecone review and many others.
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