The Escape

THE DIARY OF A COVID -19 WALKER

Part 98 “The Escape”

A brotherly injury of an eye,
By swinging a fly whisk,
Is not an offense,
Like that once, revered acceptable intrusion,
Among the people of Ankore,
Where a brother just placed
A spear,
Outside the house,
To alert,
They were busy 🤦🏾🤦🏾
I loathe the by-gone days!
Alas the while 😍
 
The most queer was the father-in law
Who, would occasionally,
In the tour-of duty,
Conjure what his 🐄 cows,
Brought to the clan..
What a way of sharing fate!
 
I miss to savor the scent of burnt millet bread,
We loved it charred abit,
Especially when mingled by my in-laws,
Pro-fused in sweet-sweat droplets🌞
 
They made sure the scent reached the valley,
Where young studs grazed,
Goats, cows, sheep mounting on and beneath mountains 🏔 of Savanna..
Grey hills, and the Mitongore trees,
As they lay yonder at Kabugugas’
He died late, not early,
Like dad.🥲
 
Today, I took to Nakalele close,
And found Nakalema and Rose,
Brisk walking 🚶 and so close,
No masks 😷
Yes, I asked,
They asked.
 
I detest the sound of Subaru boys ,
They aren’t for the faint-hearted,
As one blew me off the road,
This breezy morning,
As he sped past,
In the morning drizzle 🌧
COVID hearts ♥️ are feeble,
And brittle…
Shuttered lungs 🫁
Gasping for air,
 
Like Kafiti the village wag 🤩!
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