'Mosquitoes' by Ndukwo Kalu Ugah

Arise, Lifeless body:

And feed me more

As the day goes greedy

To steal from your shore;

With lists of its need,

And food to feed.

Mosquito, Leave me alone:

And drag not my feet

To your fearless throne

Where blood you make meat

For whence I die,

I’ll be buried in your piteous eye.

Advice the gutter that it shines:

And springs with dirt

The backyard that it be a shrine

In what charge, if not malaria and death;

If I disturb you not while sleeping,

Then know, cleanliness is worth keeping.

I will be alright:

Though I lay like a log

Awaiting your commanding might

While asleep like a watch dog

Once I clap, you will die,

And lifeless, you shall lie.

Though little I be:

And winks blow me away

I appreciate nature, that made me

An irritation in all your day

Advice homes on a clean-up exercises,

For we’re many in bigger sizes.

This poem was first published on Poetry.wrr.ng

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