UNDER THE VORTEX OF BIGOTRY

By Frank Njugi

                                    Art Work: Izzakko

UNDER THE VORTEX OF BIGOTRY 

He rests on my bosom with the two of us cramped

in this wasp nest of affection as I fondle his

Caucasoid hair gently like the fur of my mother’s 

woollyback... All this while drenched in a false buoyancy for

a future we are all too aware is never meant for any of us...

He prods my hand softly which most times remains passive as I

am deluged deep with the thoughts of a forevermore that

is juxtaposed in my mind firmly together with the overwhelming

roistering of the present...All of which he understands as he too 

not few a times is in conflict with the same....

He silently evokes an orison with the ungodliness in him having been

consumed by the trepidation of knowing he faces a future without

one whom he testifies to be his ride and die , song and poem , laughter and

cry... All this treachery on his beliefs done because we both are damned to

eternally tussle with this human created alligator that threatens to swallow us 

whole...

His lips delicately touches mine in lust as for a moment we try to

dawdle ourselves in a passion which brings forth a false

 diminutive forgetfulness leaving us smiling for a brief second...

All while the world around us continues preparing and getting ready to

slump it’s wrath on us...

He cries in his dreams at night as I wail in mine with our bodies

clutching on to each other the way an infant clenches on her lactating

Mother, not distinctly unperceptive of the fact that the seconds of our 

pruning and surrender keeps on getting closer... All we remain with in 

this abyss of the uncertain is only he hope that by a minor miracle we may 

awaken from this Non self-instigated stupor...

        

                                           

Frank Njugi (He /Him) is a Writer, Poet originally from Naivasha Kenya. He is a poetry reader for Salamander Ink magazine and he was named by 20.35 Africa for their New poets series for the month of June 2022 .His work has been featured or is forthcoming on platforms such as 20.35 Africa, Kalahari Review, Olneymagazine, Roi Faineant Press, AfroRep, FieryScribe review, Writers space Africa (PoeticAfrica) , Poemify publishers, Mental Rhythm Magazine and others. He currently lives in Nairobi and you can find him @franknjugi on all platforms...