CHANGING CLOTHES

People are like clothes
Sometimes we change them

Personalities are like clothes
Sometimes we change them

Consciousnesses are like clothes
Sometimes we change them

Places are like clothes
Sometimes we change them

Inwardly and outwardly
For similar reasons

And in between changing them
We are naked.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

HOW MANY

How many people are you?
I’m two.
If you don’t see me through
You won’t know who’s talking to you.

Some people I see
Are three
Dealing with them you have to be
Relating with all three
Simultaneously.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river