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 </div><p></p>Daddy’s tale
<p>They cry for a future<br>
They never tried planning<br>
We canvas for a secluded state<br>
With hands at akimbo<br>
Our fathers knew what they saw<br>
With their head without hairs<br>
And their protruded black tummy<br>
Taking shape like volley ball</p>
<p>Father spoke on how they feasted on every red hair reptile<br>
That survived daily dose of shelling<br>
He spoke of flying metals<br>
Dropping big balls of gun powder<br>
While a shrapnel took away Dede’s head</p>
<p>Father was barely a boy<br>
With rifle as his first toy<br>
He told tales in tears<br>
Of pain, hunger and flaming cock<br>
Of greed escorting lads to see God prematurely<br>
And hands held high in surrender</p>
<p>Tales of folks falling in love<br>
While a bullet severed that same love<br>
Of rebels hanged on gallows<br>
While our angels in white<br>
Shut the windows of their cloudy house<br>
He saw young men in gross darkness<br>
Throwing away their humanity to lean dogs<br>
While they feasts on a babe<br>
That speaks with the same mother tongue</p>
<p>Father told tales of yesterday<br>
How his hands froze when he took his first squeeze<br>
And a body dropped in response to his trigger<br>
He spoke of death, hunger and blood<br>
Drowning the streets of Ojukwu’s country<br>
While vultures feast all night<br>
Killing themselves with red wine and dirty carcasses</p>
<p>Uncle Dede slept headless<br>
Facing judgment without a head<br>
Some went without bowels<br>
While others traveled to heaven without limbs<br>
Achebe never stopped writing<br>
About butterflies at crossroads<br>
And the original hunger games</p>
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