Once upon a planet, By Niyi Osundare
Nigeria, April 22 -- ONCE UPON A PLANET
(For Earth Day 2024)
The sky above our head is A ragged umbrella in need of a needle
The rain which leaks through the rupture Is a cocktail of contending toxins
The cloud up there is a wet blanket Dripping like a dirge upon a feverish earth
The birds fled several season ago Without leaving a forwarding address
Prodigal saws have felled the joy Of flourishing forests
There is a twilight stanza In the song of the wind
Several seasons ago we sowed the Wind The Whirlwind is ripe for our heedless reaping
The Earth we used to know Is once-upon-a-time
Niyi Osundare, one of Africa's foremost poets and academics, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English, University of New Orleans.
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