local remedies
like the chekeleke song after it rains
like salt for licking
like prayers and hymns
like a fence of gmelina trees blocking the sun
like the plosives in a name
like answering yours backwards
like seasonal migration
like going back to wherever one is welcomed
like ice blocks inducing numbness
like moringa from a distant relative
like panadol—ampiclox—tetracycline
like obara jesus
like infused greens on the third day
like drinking with your eyes closed
like stuffing a rival’s mouth with sand
like standing tall in the mud
like one’s mother
like one’s own deliverer