Depravity

think of this poem as a mind
drifting off the rails of sanity

a sanctuary in Òwò
mutating into a harem of horror

think of an interrupted sermon
as a prelude to incessant mourns

think of salvation as a snail freed
from the consolation of its shell

think of the Holy Ghost's saintliness
as a white fabric smeared by the cruor

of faithfuls freshly morphed into ghosts
in a liturgy of trigger fingers & bullets

think of a family of three butchered in
the mirage of an abattoir they worshipped in

think of Nigeria as a planet of blood-thirsty
reptiles orbiting the axis of extermination

Alaro Basit, 4/4 of the Next Generational Poets (NGPs), is an indigenous Nigerian creative writer and poet. He made the shortlist in the "Man-Up Literary contest" and was honourably mentioned in the "Write the World Nature poetry contest" where he happened to be the only African on both lists. His works are/shortcoming on Woven Poetry, Brittle Paper, Boys are not stones anthology, Word for Earth Project published on Amazon and elsewhere. Email him @abdulbasitalaro@gmail.com