BRokEN...a poem by Kelvin Alaneme

A group were holding up his posters, chanting support
I examined them in amusement
Frail-looking old women
Young, jobless men
Hoarse voices and rumbling stomachs
My face fell as I saw Okoro

The shame and the memories came flooding in
Of feeling bloated and having strange cravings
Of innumerable ultrasound scans saying the same thing
Of countless beatings from my step-mother and name-calling
Of the race from the abortionist's table
Of seven months of loneliness and eventual loss

I looked at the man and then at Okoro
'Evil people!' I stopped short of screaming
I was a naive damsel, eyes filled with laughter
Okoro showered me with gifts and attention
He said I was his angel and it sounded funny
After months of wooing, I went to his house

Once inside, he bolted the door
I sat a safe distance from him
After drinking the juice he served me, I felt woozy
I woke up on his bed, feeling sore
I looked for something, anything, to cover my nakedness
There was blood on the sheets

©Kelvin Alaneme, 2015.

 

BROKEN.

 

He came bearing gifts

 Spinning rhetorics with his plastic smile

 I stood in the midday sun

 Apathy and fatigue etched in my face

 The man in white agbada was talking

 His litany of promises made me sick

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