10 fly pigeon in the mystic woods of the northern lands lived a man named bean in a cave the woods were desolate n he was lonely as a grave he spent his time making potions a little bit of that n a smidgeon of this he wrote letters that expressed his thoughts n attached them to a pigeon’s wrist fly pigeon the letters would arrive at their destination to his lover who lived in the south she would read those letters n long for the kisses that came from his mouth why must bean live so far away in a land where i must not go? fly pigeon fly n tell him what he needs to know fly pigeon evil trolls had found the pigeon n caught him in a trap they traced the letters back to bean n decided to attack with pitchforks high n torches ablaze they marched upon bean’s cave bean knew he soon would be dead so he began to pray his mystic powers of sorcery caused fireballs to shoot from his eyes the trolls were shocked charred n horrified he took out his magic wand n made a pigeon of unusual size take me to my lover of the south fly pigeon fly
The British-Somali poet draws upon everything from leftfield folk to minimalist spoken-word, bound together by simple-yet-cutting wordplay. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2021