Invitation To the Grave

Father, grandfather, great-grandfather I’ve heard your cry Far from the dungeon Inviting me to the tearless Where my plights would be addressed But you know father, I can’t come now! I’m just a mundane street roamer Roaming aimlessly On this desolate street of Ai-Igado In quest of my lost turtle dove To forfeit to Ichekpa Which you left unappeased I can’t lodge in a shattered home So says the Akpandede* *Akpandede is swift (a bird) in Idoma language in Nigeria