One Generator and a Television--By Su'eddie Vershima Agema--Nigeria

One Generator and a Television

(the story of our streets today)

Today, one generator and a television

Were taken away from someone

Light and hope was stolen from that home

He lost his head and swore to get someone else’s

Today, a man was caught

Who stole one generator and a television

He was the thief of someone else’s vision

Seeking means to fight Hades who called to his mother

Today, a mob roasted a man

With one generator and a television

While his mother died waiting for funds

To get drugs that cost one hundred bucks

Su'eddie Vershima Agema was joint winner, Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Poetry 2014 with his second collection, Home Equals Holes: Tale of an Exile. He lives in Nigeria, blogs at http://sueddie.wordpress.com and can be reached at eddieagema@yahoo.com. @sueddieagema on Twitter.