By Anthony Muchoki

Yeats’ ‘The Second Coming’

Never came 

Though anarchy remained 

Loosed upon the world

Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ 

Did really fall apart  

Jesus lives on

He is yet to come back

Peter is still waiting  

For Jesus centuries later

Okonkwo the champion

Remains living dead

Neo-colonialist fire 

Lights our homes

The is no falcon 

In Africa to hear

The falconer 

Umuofia remains Onitsha

Abame massacres forgotten

Uhuru born in oven

Made by the colonizer

We live on 

Celebrating 

Forgotten dreams  

Dreams of Somalia

Poverty amidst plenty

Mother Africa’s 

Tears remain a river

As Kimathi buried 

In unknown grave

Wails in pain

Abraham Husssein’s

‘Mashetani’ thrives on

‘Trials of brother Jero’

Have worsened 

Ask Wole Soyinka

‘Kusadikika’ 

Have we?

Paying lip service

To Shabaan Robert

Where are we?

The second coming

Africa’s second coming

Shall come

The Amazons

Shall beat 

‘Mashetani’ 

Then mama Africa

Shall be free

The second coming —