David Ishaya Osu

Two Poems

Hobby

i started painting at nine
a girl who still loves
sky blue and lemon

tea. i'd do my nails
and use water to
know about my

body. only at night
did i begin to want
to leave. i'd raise

my hair and hide
my pencils inside
and try to finish

the apple. the moon. the girl
all of us one time
didn't know where

the door was
i fell like loose
beads. candlewick

Bicycle

she is not leaving        the sofa       for tomorrow
                                 —talking
to a box made by       mum suns        only at the garden
one kite to another, orange, green, red, we dance line to
lily around the clock is nobody’s future went outta vase
the shadow stroke       is the time       to finger two wires
                                 —taste
the glow inside       your scar       was made to shine

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