New Poetry by Prosper Ifeanyi

I'd Normally Sit Around & Chat

I'd normally sit around & chat

But today, I am too

Tired to

My mouth doesn't feel 

Pregnant with words today, 

But with alcohol

& I hate that night has chosen to Be Complacent over the sun rising

For no reason.

I don't want to wake up to

The realities

For they can be very tiring & quaint

That's why I transport my mind

With roots, spirits & alcoholic beverages

To that surreal & ethereal world where 

There are no politics

No capitalism

& cancer.

- © Prosper Ifeanyi 2022

Prosper Ifeanyi is a writer and student of English and Literary Studies in Delta State University, Abraka. His works are published/forthcoming in Afrocritik, Anotearthub, Kalahari Review, The Temz Review, Scribd and elsewhere. He is the founder and co-editor of OneBlackBoyLikeThat Review, a blog which curates and publishes works of art and literary oeuvres around Africa.