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nzadi o nzere: Land of a River's Gamble/ the C-K Influence
just with ridiculously miniscule
of reserve hung in its huge, now
spatially emptied out gular pouch
a migratory bird
swims across salty currents
& alien smelling vastly
untested airs
spurs into an approaching irony
the dramatic demarcating centric
imaginarily circling (a)round for long
-this dragging equatorial line
their stealthy dense canopies in an eerie silence ...
indecipherably winking in midnightish notorities
wide-open & giggling whorish wayward river sprints wild
with thickly clogging logjams alongside the nondescript
jetsam flotsam
storms ablaze with fiery sun & thunderbolts all at once
yet the jungle’s juggernaut cartels emerge out of nowhere
turning earth inside out as the stirred hornets out of nest
in buzzing bewildered firing spree of spewing vengeance
homes somewhere nearby inundated by tearing down fury
uprooted cycads & thrown out roofings & all the suspended
choking dusts of hopelessness
swirls in a cyclonic haze marring the weary bird's longing visions
whilst a local in distress digs out diamonds beneath the rubbles
his teeth flash crazy for once brighter than sandy diamonds
& wait, not just that...also does reach on
to the dug out mysterious hued minerals..that he
quickly tightly bundles his stinking hunchbacks to trade...
saddeningly only to the all grabbing
reigning cartel lords of cruelty
...eventually as if infectiously desperate
like them, he brutally loots & slays other
tribe as birth right
on his bloody way wherever back drifting fragile as a mere survival
he's goes down as an unaccounted corpse in the arrogant militias’
power play- the piled up mass-grave pits, eating innocence
the raging red bird in flaming burns
circles the blackening gloomy skies in search of steady greens
sees only the camouflaging terrains riddled with hypocrisies-
cross-dressed woodfishers & kingpeckers in elegiac cacophonies
predacious crocodiles are the mammoth let out garden lizards
& the simply humbling crows bloat huge as greyly croaking ravens
the untamed bird’s
a solo messenger of its own stance
an ignited apocalyptical Kali’s spark
to bring down the maddening whole…
those eccentric evolution & thriving abound
selfish genes- purely in parasitical plunders
Published 21st Jul 2019
Author's Note
a try for -Unique Places -Comp.
nothing to savour in some places except for the forbearing lap of Nature..
& that one with righteous rage strides in sync with Her in each small step for Peace & Love
*title : nzadi o nzere-in Congolese -means River Swallowing Rivers;
*C-K refers to : Congo-Kinshasa, a short stint in there & its influence
Pic: Web
nothing to savour in some places except for the forbearing lap of Nature..
& that one with righteous rage strides in sync with Her in each small step for Peace & Love
*title : nzadi o nzere-in Congolese -means River Swallowing Rivers;
*C-K refers to : Congo-Kinshasa, a short stint in there & its influence
Pic: Web
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Anonymous
21st Jul 2019 6:04pm
Epically powerful. The running metaphor of birds adds a pugilist ironic twist. A contemporary counter piece to 'Heart Of Darkness.' Nature is a language and this is expressed poignantly and wrapped in reality. Love Me x
21st Jul 2019 6:27pm
Your poems have a unique way of bringing order out of chaos without repressing the spark of life. Loved the write.
21st Jul 2019 11:54pm
The Tao flows like a river of amazing words in this epic piece of poetry uma.
Cheers...Harry
Cheers...Harry
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23rd Jul 2019 00:11am
Incredible. The details are vivid, carried on your potent author's voice. I resonate with how unabashed of expression you are, pouring everything onto the page. Love what others have said, giving me deeper insight.
26th Aug 2019 3:40pm
This is bloody excellent! Very engaging, intense and beautifully detailed in the description of the images. Can't help but think whilst reading this that you were standing in the middle of this jungle and chaos. Again, bloody excellent poetry, Uma!
