Prayer before Flight
Prayer before Flight
(after Louis MacNeice)
I’m about to fly, so help me.
May the heaven-bound youth with a
lust for virgins miss my flight.
when the prodding wand comes my way
let it beep briefly, and be
gone
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About
My name is Chuma Nwokolo. I am a writer and
lawyer currently living in Britain. Memories
of Stone is my first poetry collection. One
More Tale for the Road and Diaries
of a Dead African are my most recent novels, with Extinction
of Menai, forthcoming. Welcome to my blog.
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