The First Shot by Chinua Achebe

That lone rifle-shot

anonymous in the dark striding chest-high

through a nervous suburb

at the break of our season of thunders

will yet steep its flight and lodge more firmly

than the greater noises ahead

in the forehead of memory.

Labels: African Poetry Chinua Achebe

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