(this is how to grow guns at your backyard)
i. break earth into clods, turn it over- everything
buried must come to surface
everything living must die
ii.
work backwards into history- plough days of hate
this is the diagnosis of dirt
if it doesn’t respond but for clogging
iii.
chop beyond the tilth, belching anger with each thrust
iv.
allow your body take-up the animistic wild of water
now remind yourself of palette differences
v.
bury these bullets deep (you can transplant gun butts too)
in blocks or scattered throughout the bed
vi. water the sprouts by dawn and evening – a crude fuse
label for quick bias
vii.
abhor-tropism
viii.
then give it seven weeks to marinade for madness
but take note, there is a lunatic in every town
in a hail of bullets belched
from hungry stomachs
flooding these streets
wild water
in climate cracks wrought by the machination of
menwhen a planet explodes into a relic
every city forgets its ancestry
every glacier weeps
the sahara stretches
this place is a house of cards
i think the earth will revolt again
and sweep the amazon forest in a blaze
as the sea gives up its dead tonight
but what libations can we offer
enough to rewrite the turpitudes of our times?
Bash Amuneni
Bash Amuneni is a poet, architect, and creative consultant based in England and Nigeria. He is the Poet-in-Residence at Portsmouth Football Club and General Manager of Abuja Literary Society. His work explores the subtleties of the human condition, earning him roles as Nigerian Ambassador to the World Poetry Slam Organisation and a sought-after performer. He has worked with brands like Glenfiddich, USAID, and the UN while training over 500 poets. Author of There Is a Lunatic in Every Town, Bash also narrates audiobooks and consults for the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
