V: a Sudden Flame

A few kids rushed for food; The seller-proprietors had gone Away from the ref Into secret places; They hid their breathe From the vagabonds: The mob in intellect guise! Food was eaten from the pots; Those huge canteen pots, full of hotness! O, water was drank from the taps! Now, Sir – The road to the forest of pantology Received the huge flaming barricade; It was like that flame That bore the mark of Cain’s sacrifices: Roaming across the earth Evading the sacred faces of heaven – Then, Sir – This very road was polluted By the roaring flame of fire; Of course, every voice is heard, Heard in the confusion of Sodom! This flame burnt beside the gate; Of course, many faces flashed in terror; Night arrived in that day, In this forest of pantology: The flame and smoke reached The shrine of old Idemili, the sacred one. Sir – More hailstones are hanging Above the cracked zinc; More flame may also blaze On the road polluted by the smoke.