Song of the Cowries
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Kachi came in glistening wingsin the swaying tides.ihe beads of cowries professthe seat of the gods sheinherited from the spirit landthe lashes—so glinting—of grace danceto the spirit music of Ojile.the corals on her nape stolethe test of her comingShe dared her split sightin the filth, to make her beingand beatify the aftercries beforeher heart stops.but the slices are infestedwith bridal incisionsthey gave their notesand she left, murmuring, spitting . . .leaving no song of her heartexcept the sighs among the flowers. [End Page 494]
Ejiofor Ugwu is a street photographer who lives in Nsukka, Nigeria. He has edited poetry for The Muse, a journal of creative and critical writings at the University of Nigeria. A graduate of the Fidelity Bank International Creative Writing Workshop, Ejiofor has had his poetry and short fiction published in Drumtide, The New Black Magazine, The Muse, Sentinel Nigeria, and The Kalahari Review.
