A Prisoner’s Dairy
Until tomorrow when they will make me rest.
Of what transpired.
To make society normal.
When the time permitted.
Can I look after his bags.
This dirge would have been something else.
What were their contents
And deal with them.
For the wreaths.
Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso currently is an MA student in Creative Writing, Swansea University, Wales. His poems, short stories, non-fiction and literary criticism have appeared in a couple of journals, anthologies and magazines such as: The Siren, Criterion Journal, ANA Review, Ground’s Ear Anthology, Future Lovecraft, African Eyeball, Texts on SAVVY Journal for Critical Contemporary African Art, Sowetan Magazine, etc. He has been shortlisted in Ghana Poetry Prize and Quickfox Poetry Competition.
Copyright © 2014 by Ezeiyoke Peter Nonso
Cover Photo by Fabio Sassi