1966 by Chinua Achebe

absentminded

our thoughtless days

sat at dire controls

and played indolently

slowly downward in remote subterranean shaft

a diamond-tipped

drill point crept closer to residual chaos to rare artesian hatred

that once squirted warm blood in God's face

confirming His first

disappointment in Eden

Nsukka, November 19, 1971

Labels: African Poetry Chinua Achebe

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