This is Nsukka

Nsukka of whom Chimamanda writes

Nsukka

home of the fearless writers

nsukka

home of the Igwebuike Onahs

 Azikiwes

the Achebes

the Adichies,

painters of life with words

the Anatsuis

painters of life with wood and detritus

home of the foremost citadel of knowledge

alma mater to the fearless lions

grazers on grasses of knowledge

Nsukka of soft green hills

now home  also

to putrid crumbs

jumbles of our individual essence

vast mess

bits and pieces of our essence

laid out like

beaches of

despicable sight

oozing out rivers of stench

turn and stear the stomach

war with guts of our organs

….amas 2014