#pixelsNpoetry

‘this is the lion’s prayer:
may tomorrow’s deer dine well today…

hold onto your son…’

– Soothsaying 101 (The Final Testament of a Minor God)

One of the abiding mysteries of the Nigerian road is how a fully-equipped Federal Road Safety Corp team stops you on  a Christmas highway for a grilling on safety, weighing your fire extinguisher, measuring your red triangle… and you go ten kilometres down the road and see something like this…