I
Filthy thighs on heat
borrow sciences' toothless pliers
to secure the gate of sex
against this mute tiger
prowling the territories
of all mortals,
Black and White
This beast grows fibrous teeth
steeled by the manure
of a decaying world
as sons and daughters of men
clean their anus
with the script writ of God's finger.
Sons and daughters of men
use God as lipstick,
housing Satan within
Now,
Sons and daughters of men
are cutting a path of sinking sand
to bypass the creator's design
and out stride a leakproof code
II
Perhaps
I am blind
or foolish
or ignorant
Let someone tell me:
what has men seen in men
or women in women
or men in women
or women in men
that tethers them
eternally
to the thorns of lust?
Let someone tell me:
Why should I join
this band of drunk egrets
pursuing after herds of sick cattle
for the poisonous bugs
of sex?
Tell me:
Perhaps
I am blind
or foolish
and ignorant
Enugu/Nsukka, September/October, 1998