.chisaraokwu. is an American Igbo poet, artist & healthcare futurist. Her work has appeared in medical and literary journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. She is conversant in three languages and enjoys reading fantasy & speculative fiction.
It’s a typical spring morning – a slight chill, cloud cover, and the threat of rain. I can hear through my open window the calm before the storm. The birds are quiet this morning. Drivers making their way down the narrow street