A MESSAGE FROM THE MESSENGER
OLAONIPEKUN MUEEN OLAMIDE.
AND TO HER, I CRIED
“YOU PULL EACH FROM ITS HOST
SOME BY THE HAND, SOME BY THE CLOAK
DO YOU NOT CARE OF THE SOULS YOU HOST? “
SHE TURNED TO ME, RILED
“TO EACH MAN, HIS GHOST
YOU! WATCH YOUR CLOCK”
AND THE AIR AROUND ME SHIVERED, TERRIFIED.