OJUKWU

Yesterday, BBC carried a wail

Around the globe on its waves

That the lost battle-leader

That once upon our memory of peace

Proclaimed eastern Anagoland

A flag and anthem independent

Republic of FraBia

Joined the forever catalogue

Of anti-ancestorhood,

And I screamed, OH DOG!

 And now what remembrance

Shall the fireflies celebrate at night?

What eulogies shall the dawn compose

Upon the branches of peace?

And what dream dances shall our feet

Carve on the remaining airs of Biafra?

The one lost long ago

In the muzzle of aborted dreams

What memories, what remembrances

Can we offer Ojukwu?

25/11/11 Legon.