Nor driven by the stench of animal blood
Nocturnal predators
From distant places
Swarming dark alleys
Suffocating the street branches
Lying in wait for the ungodly hours
Just before dawn
With ravenous appetites
Preying on loose loins
Too wayward to remember
Their dotting spouses snoring away
Keeping vigil over meals gone cold
Only to be rewarded
With storage ailments
Even as the vultures retreat
To a ferocious feast of the spoils
Bio:
Ahundu, Michael Orkuma hails from Benue State, Nigeria. He’s a poet with some of his poems published in the Anthology of 500 Nigeria Poets volume 1, The Soliloquies, Ivory Lines and Silver Linings, Fifth Chinua Achebe Essay/Poetry Competition, Songs of Almajiri Anthology, END SARS Young Writers Movement, and many others.
He holds a doctorate degree in Geography from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
