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Thought Graffiti By Nana. Let Me Know What You Think. by filiks(m): 3:43pm On Jan 26, 2013 |
When these words fell through, I was ear-deaf to loud sounds of raw rap, my heart was in a studio, my mind was in the artistes’ heads via their lyrics and my eyes caught a cock on a hen; all these through the bars of the dinning window. (If you don’t have the patience to get to the end of this lengthy piece, try Alt+F4) Whatever happened to the white-on-white suicidal? Ndị Nigeria egbuo m oooo! (Nigerians have killed me) Rotflmfao! Obinna, Ị hụkwara ka ihu dị obodo a ka ụzọ Aba? (Obinna, d’you see how this nation’s plight wears the semblance of Aba roads) E need-ịghị ịkọrọ Felix nk’ a akọọrọ (Felix needn’t be told this one) He knows; it’s apparent We don’t learn to forget; we forget to learn. This visage is not a policeman’s roja bill (bribe) It is only audiencing my homeland Wishing away How do 86,400 tick away? They don’t They bit-by-bitly dement the sojourner The sojourner that stops though = the sojourner that dies Ask the Laureate Tell me the tale of Ojadịlị (Legendary warrior in Igbo myths) Tell me the tale of Ikemefuna (Character in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart) Gist me of the jaz of Samson delilah-ed (juju; charm) Amaze me with the investiture of two cocoa presidents in one term To Gbagbo or not to Ouattara, my brother? Esidi n’isi jiri oji a? (Is this darkness from the brain?) But none of these Thespian pieces equates the everyday – the Waking up, sprawling on the corner of Life with hard labour; the Wishing that that hospital had oxygen to help Him hold on a little longer; the (my father) Walking, working for crumbs, crumbling from work; the Hope-in, you know hope like faith “is not a tangible thing”. And now that the eyes are blind Let the brows envision the vision The burden descended from the head It rests on the shoulders. Sitting In A Think-Pad Now those children were not fifteen They were many feeble humans Scholared too early in this long gaol term, Life Furnaced too fast in this hearth, earth. We heard that the troops saved the day On boomsday We hear that this peace-mongering arsenal patrol will tarry For Godot- how-long You there heard We here heard But what we know is that normalcy mal-adjusts permanently when old loins are ravished by young bloods Ukwu an’-eji ekwu ikwukwu (Waist used in imprecations) Ukwu an’-eji agba akwụkwụ ( “ “ “ “ ) Ka ụmụaka lere nnọọ mee… Tụfia! (that kids have so…[incomplete clause]) The woman’s wrapper region, Legendary curse cantonment Blatantly dishonored Like pre-crucifixion Christ What if, unlike Jesus, they forgot to bless? What if they united their dishonored waists In one harmonious bend-over With wearied flaps and flats And chorused an execration? Goriest what-if! My condolences To the families that have had their normal lives abducted forever In sprays of AK And a demand for ransom. Some came home Some … chiNonso? 5:46pm 5/12/2010 A few translations to the Igbo parts some and other italicized points worthy of note have been inserted. Thnx. (www.feelfelly..com) |
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