The Unknown Bullet...a poem

[Adeshina Afolayan]

The Unknown Bullet: Ìdí Àpẹ́

A dark bullet lurks

wherever you go right

in the crannies of the day

by the busy roadside

or right in your bedroom

The small steely point 

pierces the parched body 

deprived already of hope

The day is always hungry,

and we all have to walk

because we all also are hungry

in the season of blood

we all have been orphaned 

of our collective humanity

---Adeshina Afolayan

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[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

Deeply disturbing.

Thanks for sharing.

Toyin

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[Mr. E. B. Jaiyeoba]

Thanks!

'The Unknown Bullet' for Unknown Citizens!!

The tragedy is that police report is always different from eyewitness report and the victims may never be known. Many Nigerians are unknown citizens. Only the social unit- nuclear family, extended family, religious organisations, social clubs, hometown associations, friends and such social and indigenous units actually 'know' the citizens. Of course, those official records do exist starting with the National Population Commission, National Identity Management Commission and so on. In Yoruba we say, 'eni to ba kan lo mo', that is, only the person close to the victim feels it. The linguists will do better. Each citizen needs to be accounted for so '...we won't be orphaned in our collective humanity....' in '...this season of blood....' . A season of blood indeed!!!

Babatunde JAIYEOBA

Prof. E. Babatunde JAIYEOBA PhD

Head, Department of Architecture

Faculty of Environmental Design and Management

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

ebj...@oauife.edu.ng; tundej...@yahoo.co.uk; +234 8037880023

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