A Long War
by Tunde Akingbade

Father is a known desert warrior 
The one whose image echoes in Kuwait,
Dazing the man with the thick moustache 
Grandson in the land of Babylon 
Son is fighting on two fronts
One eye on the bearded dissident
The other one on anthrax
Ten years Apart from
The Immaculate House, 
Father and son still prosecuting
A war.
This wheel, this circle 
Remember the celebration with Collin,
The son of Powel 
Returning from a view of burning Twin Towers 
A decade later,
Son again deliberated with same Collin,
The Son of Powel right inside the Immaculate House, 
Father and Son Still Prosecuting
A long war.

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