Life and death scream
on the highest octave of their voices
A myriad of yellow and black colours
painted on every corner
Sincere smiles and real pain ̶
good friends from old times
Walk in pari passu
in the streets of Lagos
Kisses and bites
fly about in the air
like scalar victims of nature’s blow
Blarring music and loud cry
inspire both lyrics and poems
and feet never stop to trample
along with the strut of tick-tock
on the streets of Lagos
People and things;
events and memories;
dreams and passion;
fiction and reality
roam the rowdy, dusty tracks
like indiscriminate wastes
hurled beside the empty trash cans
to litter the streets of Lagos
Who Is Ndifreke George?
Ndifreke George is an emerging Nigerian graduate and writer. Few of his works have appeared on; The Kalahari Review, Tuck Magazine, Poems and Poetry, The Poet community, Praxis Magazine, Social justice poetry, Bravearts Africa and The Antartica Journal.
Presently, he works as a Volunteer Literary Contributor for Bravearts Africa, and a scriptwriter for HumourTV (an online comic platform). He is very inspirational and graced with a good sense of humour.
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