A Shadow
Congolese Dreams: From A Shadow
At the bank of a river stood a shadow,
it had walked thirty and four miles from
a wooden hut like a broken ant dragging an
injured worm to an ant hill.
On its left, a coconut tree stood pregnant,
whose canopy has been tempted by the wind
to make a shade...
--
"but what can a shadow do for a shadow?"
Copyright © Victor Ehikioya-Brown | Year Posted 2016
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