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Alone In the Crowd

Somewhere at the end
of the hallway
Fourth ward, first
room- today
He opened his eyes;
Frail with every
strain
He looked a little
different though;
Old in in his late
90’s
Trying to get a
glimpse of his
sunset
     At the furthest
wall- a clock
Everything was clear
yet fading
Time ticking on him
He wanted more than
anything-to fight
To fight for what
was slipping away
His heavy
breathe…hissing from
a way
Underneath his chest
He wanted to say
many things
In his time he had
seen a lot
So many battles he
fought
And all he had
had—smiled
Son of the soil, a
man of the people
He had less now;
save for past titles
The many escapades,
young and tall
Back then in the
days
He remembered his
many ‘friends’
With whom he dawned
nights on a bottle
Then he heard the
sound of the life
machine;
A little change from
the teller machine
He tried to rise in
futile struggles
Clutched his wife’s
hand..Settled eyes
on his sons
Tears dropping with
the rise of the
alarm_
From the life
machine
The world was
ending…..
No the journey was
ending
The world is a place
of battles
A field filled with
fighters
But each fighting
for a different
course
He was alone
No one   understood
him all this time
They were all
fighting…their
battle ‘fear  of
loss’
He was alone in a
crowd
To the life machine,
he listened
Nurses running back
and forth…
The stench of drugs
in his breathe…
His failing
strength….
Then
silence…..darkness!
He was gone!


				NGUGI NDEGWAH

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The Aftermath

Benevolent touch,
Beautiful dispatch,
Blossoming bosoms,
Provoking
contortions,
A drink here another

There……
Long; laughs, chats
Short talks ,
moments
Big names, faces,
Titles, cars.
Small groups, braces
More and more
Drinks…
           Touches…
                   
     Dispatches…
                   
                   
 Bosom contortions….
                   
                   
              
Justified actions…!
And slowly more than
fast,
Little and little
less;
                   
                   
           Care……..
                   
                   
     Pairs…………
                   
               
Distances…..
                   
          Talks……
                   
  Faces….
Limits……only
breathes!
Only in the
aftermath,
Of the foreplay
after-play..
On this night..

                   
                   
Ngugi Ndegwah.