I Did the Dummy of ThisDay - A Poem by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu is the author of God of Poetry, Satan's Story, A Play of Ghosts and The Missing Link. A 2008 Caine Prize for African Writing nominee, he wrote the text for Scottish photographer Owen Logan's caricature of Michael Jackson's visit to Nigeria entitled Masquerade. He lives in Lagos and is married with children. By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Published on June 29, 2009
For a song the poet delivers
An image of root and gravity,
Armed with the story
Of a leader with the common touch...
An image of root and gravity,
Armed with the story
Of a leader with the common touch...
I Did the Dummy of ThisDay
(For Nduka Obaigbena at 50)
I did the dummy of ThisDay,
A copy turned cradle,
A deed of second service
For a swashbuckling vendor of visions
Who envisioned a mush of colour
To massage posh leaders
And the cognate company
They keep with corporate ego.
For a song the poet delivers
An image of root and gravity,
Armed with the story
Of a leader with the common touch
To gather latent talent
At the crossroads of ascent
Before the maze of revelation
Of sucklings as ancestors.
- (c) Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
(For Nduka Obaigbena at 50)
I did the dummy of ThisDay,
A copy turned cradle,
A deed of second service
For a swashbuckling vendor of visions
Who envisioned a mush of colour
To massage posh leaders
And the cognate company
They keep with corporate ego.
For a song the poet delivers
An image of root and gravity,
Armed with the story
Of a leader with the common touch
To gather latent talent
At the crossroads of ascent
Before the maze of revelation
Of sucklings as ancestors.
- (c) Uzor Maxim Uzoatu