3


murmurs

of ill winds

shift to the west

cheerful ladybird 

returns to nest



2


yellow warbler

on the green palms of nature

takes a perch

unsuspecting 

of a waiting goshawk 



1


her turn 

at the queue 

staggered tears

she collects in a basket

wages of labour



  Christina Chin / Uchechukwu Onyedikam