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Chika Udekwe is an activist who sees poetry as a medium to tell what happens around him. He reacts to sad situations by begging for immediate remedy.
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'This is our rice farm
leave this field
stop grazing
stop eating our rice.
I said, go away you cattleman
take your cattle away!'
Then I threw a stone at one large-mouthed cow
just to chase them away as they seemed defiant after shouting and shouting.
The cattleman came with his double-edged sword
subdued me
put his sword forward to butcher me.
My hand is now stitched, right?
The pains ameliorated
but, you can see the lines of grief
on my face, mother.
A stone at one cow
landed me here in this doctor's house
almost amputated, mother.
"Never throw stones at their cows again, son.
Allow them to eat to their fill;
Perhaps to them crops are grasses."
Mother said and sobbed conveniently.
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