End Of Smiles


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END OF SMILES

 

When I smiled at the moon

The moon smiled back

At me

A plastic beguiling smile

That charred my inward peace

 

When I smiled at the sun

The sun replied

To me

A harsh metallic leer

Freezing back my snail's horn's

of injured hopes

 

Then I smiled at myself

In the mirror

And myself and myself died

A broken whimper

Oozing out everlasting impotence

 

By Emmanuel Obiechina

FESTAC Anthology of Nigerian New Writing.

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