Human brain like crane,
will, drill, mill.
Human brain like pain,
stunted, grunted, hunted.
Human brain like rain,
flowing, glowing, throwing.
Human brain like vain,
slain, frail, stain.
Human brain like train,
healthily, wealthily, steadily.
Human brain like wain,
tread, thread, treadle.
Human brain like strain,
confused, diffused, suffused.
Human brain like fain,
sow, grow, wow.
Ben Ezeohagwu won the Onigraffiks Prize for literature (2017). He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin and can be reached at Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com, www.africanamericanuniversity.
