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Marial Awendit | The Inquisition

The Inquisition

What did the ocean do to you
Before you frolicked in its shores,
Before you shuffled into its depth
And then there was need for help?
What did the kite do to you
Before you took a roast fish
In your grip?
Kites seldom pick fish live
Out of the deep waters.
What did animosity do to you
Except to check the trees in silence,
Before you drank of its cupful
And now you are pulling down cities?

———

The Picture

See what happened to you:
You see a greasy bone
In the cattle camp dust,
And walk on with the same
Countenance,
Yet you jerk upon seeing the picture
Of a dead boy.

——–

Poems © Marial Awendit
Image: Copilot AI remixed

Marial Awendit
Marial Awendit
Marial Awendit a.k.a. James Marial Matueny Majak, is a South Sudanese poet, essayist, and songwriter. He is published in various literary magazines and anthologies. He is the author of the chapbook poetry collection, The Night Does Not Drown Us, published by Babishai-Niwe Poetry Foundation, Keeping the Sun Secret, a poetry collection published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Whispers over a Brewing Dawn, published by Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd, The Nilotic Coddiwomple, published by Acacia Publishers Ltd and Who Told You to Be God? published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. Marial won the South Sudan Youth Talent Award (2016) for the category of Best Poet, the Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award (2018), and the African Writers Award for Poetry (2023).

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