Fasasi Abdulrosheed Oladipupo
At Agadez
At Agadez, all I dreamt of was the blueness of the sea,
Histories at the sea bed; the photographs already losing their faces,
The screams no one could hear, the earrings, baby shoes, bracelets
Medium-sized undies, letters that couldn't get to their recipients, diaries.
I dreamt; my mouth full of salty fluid, bloody sink, death trying
To give me mouth to mouth resuscitation, I dreamt seeing
Dunes with many heads waiting for me at the shore, maybe red flags,
Telling me I am unwanted or a gutter grave or dry sticks
To send me back in ashes, I woke to a soaked pillow, watered bed
And the song of the crickets warning against the sea.
Histories at the sea bed; the photographs already losing their faces,
The screams no one could hear, the earrings, baby shoes, bracelets
Medium-sized undies, letters that couldn't get to their recipients, diaries.
I dreamt; my mouth full of salty fluid, bloody sink, death trying
To give me mouth to mouth resuscitation, I dreamt seeing
Dunes with many heads waiting for me at the shore, maybe red flags,
Telling me I am unwanted or a gutter grave or dry sticks
To send me back in ashes, I woke to a soaked pillow, watered bed
And the song of the crickets warning against the sea.
Biography
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Fasasi Abdulrosheed Oladipupo is a Nigerian poet & a Veterinary Medical Student, whose first love is art making. His works have been featured or are forthcoming in Night Heron Barks Review, Poesis Literary Journal, Praxis Magazine, The Citron Review, 433 Magazine, WriteNow Lit, Stand Magazine (University of Leeds), Louisiana Literature, Olongo Africa, Obsidian: Literature and Art of African Diaspora, and BBPC July 2019 anthology and elsewhere. Find him on Twitter @FasasiDiipo
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