darfur

mugran based

armed legislated relatives as predators
astride camels haunt wounded ass riding
famished sudanese broods
el fasher to nyala, kassala to juba: protracted
bloody bicker of bluewhite niles. Assumed
hydrocarbons deposits fuel calculated
genocide recognised or hidden
blameless generations dignity stripped
petrified an' naked woolly heads
keeping silence at these junctures

seeking external conflict resolution
awaiting precarious western compassion
guised as sky falling victuals

Roi Kwabena

excerpt of easthaverfordwest

from the collection

"AS LONG AS"