domicile of a grief 

maybe this body 
has turned into catacombs—
there is a domicile
here—where grief is buried.
i thought if something died
they shut their eyes and 99 others.
but how does this turn a red blood
blue? how does it turn this cell
into a cicatrix? i wondered how.

Biography 

Ismail Yusuf Olumoh is a Nigerian creative writer and teacher, a poet, a spoken word artist, a graphics designer, a content creator, and a video editor. His works are published and forthcoming in Nantygreens, Feversofthemind, Festivalforpoetry, Arkorewrites, Williwash, World Planet Anthology, and Al-Mir'aatuh Magazine. He writes from Ilorin, Kwara State. When he is not writing, he enjoys reading or cooking.

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