Dead

 One a sunny morning

was the day you died

alone on the street

while the crowd gawked and snapped

to their delight

we took you to save you

in the back seat of the car

i wondered why no one saved you 

they snapped and gawked as you lay

fallen on the street

there you were forty-something

neatly dressed, with black tights

a bagco bag rolled up

you were going to shop

and the crowd gawkedand snapped

so we drove to save you

Maitama General would not save you

No bed they said, while you lay dying in the car

the good samaritan told me how his mother had died

and he saw her, a vain woman, strewn on the floor

the young doctor was in tears

so young and so new, life would teach you

that life was cheap

the police commended us for saving you nameless one

the morgue keeper was another god

who denied entry to body of the dead

your family came in tears

tried to pay for my help

On the day you died, i wore green and 

drove you to rest.

Rest in Peace, Nameless one