Death's Postponement Poem by Tony Adah

Death's Postponement



The divination shells shook in the air
With the client's eyes at them
And the diviner in tongues spoke
With the absent gods.
'This summer a soul will leave the earth'!
And your household is doomed
So the prognosis reeled
From the lips of the seer
As if no soul has ever left,
The beguiled client questioned himself
Is it me? my son? my wife or who?
The diviner reading his mind, called his attention
To say something can be done now
To avert the calamity of death
And happiness is immediately planted
On the client's face
A black cock, seven seeds of kola nut
A keg of palm wine, alligator pepper etc
Were the items the diviner desired
To postpone death in the household of his client
Death, a transformation which the diviner
Himself lacked immunity.

Thursday, August 13, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: death
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