Anxiety in Mosaic

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iii Table of Content Introduction……………………………………………..v Psycho-insomniac (The prelude)………………………....1 ECO-DEVILRY………………………………………. 3 Burned to sadness………………………………………. 5 Since green became my favourite colour………………....6 Little Yevgeny…………………………………………... 7 Eco-devilry………………………………………………8 To shed a green tear…………………………………….. 9 I weep…………………………………………………... 10 High heaven……………………………………………..11 HORRID PROPENSITY……………………………. 13 Mirror image……………………………………………. 15 Here sprawls the great Sahara……………………………15 Burning dumb witness…………………………………...16 Beasts……………………………………………………18 The lost’s prayer…………………………………………19 OF WIDOWS AND MAIDENS……………………... 21 The pianist of Libreville………………………………… 23 Hymens………………………………………………….24 Of widows and maidens…………………………………25 The secret of poor little Sylvia………………………….. 26 Fence…………………………………………………… 28 Of blood………………………………………………... 30 MOTHER OF MEN…………………………………. 33 This name………………………………………………. 35 Pobre madre……………………………………………..36 Love poem………………………………………………37 iv Truest mother…………………………………………... 38 ALIEN CULPABILITY……………………………… 41 Succour………………………………………………….43 Moratorium……………………………………………...44 Fight against poverty…………………………………….45 Even out………………………………………………... 45 Crocodile friend………………………………………… 47 Game……………………………………………………48 The coming of scarlet days………………………………49 MIGRANT, LEARNER OR QUISLING…?.............. 51 At Fear’s end…………………………………………….53 El Dorado……………………………………………….54 The hand………………………………………………...55 Bushfaller………………………………………………..56 UNDER THE PRAWN’S CARAPACE……………... 59 Lamentation……………………………………………..59 ...