One of Those Nights
In the plot of a dream,
I wished the sand outside
the house would divorce
its lifelessness and suddenly
put on the weight of some
monster that only feeds
on the stench of sinners.
But then I awoke in a room
with a window too tiny to watch
the stars bleed a distinct light
that folks on a night stroll can
cultivate into a way home.
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Michael Akuchie’s poems have appeared in Poet Lore, The Rumpus, Cosmonauts Avenue, Lost Balloon, Drunk Monkeys, Ecotheo Review, Whale Road Review, and Gordon Square Review. His debut chapbook of poems, Wreck (The Hellbore Press), was published in 2021. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
