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The Origin Of Rivers | Chidolue Chinedu Chisom Itesi

Before you proceed to      explore the space     underneath my belt

Which you have laid waste to,

Take a moment         to trace the origin of the rivers       that flow in your body.

Search, till you get to the point where your father and the one before him

Spat on your mother.    Seek,  further into the time    when the earth was but a

 conglomeration of mute women with well-crafted vocal chords 

 who swallowed the yams from your father’s barn with the oil of masochism.

 

Follow this trail, to the point where boys grew from a father’s split skull,

and daughters were trained to be priestesses,

The point where your mother’s speech was a translated version of your father’s.

 

Then come back to me, my love.

and on your way, grow a voice.

So that when your daughter, and the one after her trace the origin of rivers,

They will not find you amidst a bunch of bowing bones

With well-crafted vocal chords.

Photo by Timothy L Brock on Unsplash


About The Author:

Chinedu Chisom Chidolue Itesi-Uzochukwu is an Igbo man, that prefers fufu and egusi soup to what he’d term the intricacies associated with eating jollof rice. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he is a love enthusiast and believes words are similar to our kids unborn. When he is not producing music, he would either be writing poems, reading books or plotting a visit to a renowned fufu and soup seller.
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One Comment

  1. Emmanuel Emmanuel

    Nice work chinedu
    I pray God will give you the required intellect to make more

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