Aguu
Ag?? (hunger)
Izunna Okafor dere ab? a
Ch??? ch??? ka ? na-atà n'af?
Nw?? nw?? ka ? na-am? n'?kp?kp?
Ag?? b? aha ya
? kp?? ?gan? ? za g?
Ag?? b? echete ebeme
O nwegh? nne, nke o ji enwe nna
O nwegh?kwa ikwu na ibe
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? amagh? nwoke na nwaany?
? hagh?kwà ?m?ntak?r? aka
Mere e ji akp? ya otii nwata n'ihu nne ya
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? anagh? as? anya
Ag?? nagh? eme ihere
Ag?? anagh? as? ndo
Ag?? b? aha ya
?r?b? na-at? ya égwù
At?ngà na-agbara ya ?s?
Dike akp? obi na-as?kwa ya as?
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? enwegh? ényì
Ag?? enwegh? onye iro
Mana ebe ?b?la ? bàtàrà
a ch??r? ya ihe ? na-eri
Ag?? b? aha ya
I mete ya enyi, ? ka nj?
? t? ya iro, ? ny?? g? anya
? b? oruf?r? be onye
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? na-am?kp? mmad?
Na-eme nwata okenye n'akagh? aka
Ma ya onwe ya ad?gh? aka nka
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? b? ?nw?nwà
Ag?? na-ete mmad? ure n'?ha
Ag?? b?kwa ?ranyere nwata anya n'ogwu
Ag?? b? aha ya.
? na-ad? ka ?nw? na-egbu ?hà
Mana ?nw? ekwegh? ewere ya
Kemgbe okike ?wa ka o siri kpaba ike
Ag?? b? aha ya
Kwashi?k? b? af? ime ya
?nya af? b? òghùghù ?m?m? nwa
N'ala ili ka ? na-akpdobe ike
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? eriela ?t?t? isi
Mana af? ekwegh? eju ya
? b? nke e mere j?? oyi
Ag?? b? aha ya
Ag?? d? nj?
Ag?? d? n'ala any?
Ag?? ah?ala ?m? mmad? ?n?
Ag?? egbuo nd? a
Ag??...
Copyright © Izunna Okafor | Year Posted 2020
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