USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Hanging On 10th October (Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara

The wheel rotated,

Friends became enemies,

Karma delivered as usual.

The hanging on 10th October

Makes me neither

Happy nor sad,

I am indifferent.

I was a Biafran child,

My source 

Of protein was blocked

In a war I know nothing about,

I had kwashiorkor.

My siblings,

My cousins 

Had kwashiorkor too.

Some died,

Some were deformed,

Some survived but lost faith

In the nationhood charade.

The hanging on 10th October

Makes me neither

Happy nor sad,

I am indifferent.

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a "Life Time Achievement" Awardee, Registered Freight Forwarder, Professional Fellow Of Institute Of Information Managerment, Africa, Poet and Publisher of PublicInformationProjects

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