Its clanging and banging cadence killed my catnap
Like Mabuh, its whispering Mbuh flew past my ears
Its humming and fuming boom killed even grass
A swirling and whirling figure encroached
Like a hydra with countless heads and tails
Swapping and wrapping its cold body around my neck.
On light’s wings, I flee the alien’s curdle,
Its cuffing movement killed my peace
Where my feet left, its fists were embossed
And its claws danced around my head
Longing to entwine me in its curly nests
But from the flea I fled.
When my energy slumped, fear plumped my wings
As l soared higher, my predator spat fire
Soon I knew, I would forever be an athlete
Fleeing from the fleet of my amoebic nightmares;
The shading shadow of my glittering destiny.
Read – Fictious Joy – A Poem by Doreen Mayombya, Tanzania
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