{"id":5155,"date":"2016-03-12T21:51:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T21:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=5155"},"modified":"2016-03-12T22:04:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T22:04:38","slug":"end-of-world-blues-a-poem-by-akpa-arinzechukwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/end-of-world-blues-a-poem-by-akpa-arinzechukwu\/","title":{"rendered":"End of World Blues. A Poem by Akpa Arinzechukwu"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nThe world is aging
\nSoon perchance
\nIt shall forget how to dance to the rhythm
\nOf this song
\n 
\nOur lovers in bed with us
\nShall become nothing to our eyes than
\nLogs of wood
\n 
\nTheir smiles shall become nooses
\nTo which we shall be hung
\n 
\nAnd sex
\nShall become a frontline
\nWhere blood shall flow in abundance
\nDesecrating our lands
\n 
\nAnd the smokes from the chimneys
\nWith other flames from burning bushes
\nShall to the atmosphere return
\n 
\nThen
\nThe world shall die
\nAnd we the inhabitants
\n 
\nShall vaporise into the thin
\nAir
\n 
\n <\/strong>
\n 
\n\"Akpa<\/a>
\n 
\n\u200bAkpa Arinzechukwu is a Nigerian born poet, environmental activist, blogger and tutor. His works have appeared or will feature on Fundza, Visual Verse, Eastlit, Poetry Pacific and elsewhere. He is currently working on his collection of poetry.<\/strong>
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