A Rainy Night and Pilferes
Night came harvesting our sights
into his basket of darkness
at the same time, the once drizzles on our roof
had turned into a rainstorm
putting a period to the work of all nerves and eyes for the day —
this is a perpetual habit of humans
when it is dark and heavily drizzling.
in this case, I can’t say the same to the pilferers
whose planet I think bears the water strokes of rainfall
our night is a morning to them as if they are bats—
keeping all night long
they crawled to the top of our towering gate
as geckos crawl on walls
and sneaked into our compound
like grass-snake sneaks under grassland
and did away with everything their eyes touched,
behind our shut eyes, shut ears, and snores
how they crossed over our towering gate again
with all they took
was all they left behind as a question
for us to respond after getting out of bed.
Copyright © Emmanuel Umeji | Year Posted 2023
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