Asylum

PoetryIssue 2
Written By Hassan A. Usman

“Nigerian Army Killed Unarmed Protesters, Report Finds”

—The New York Times [16 Nov 2021]

I did

not come to

America to drop a

selfie with the statue of

liberty for the gram back home

there is a picture frame that reminds us

of my brother more than half of the denizens

agreed that he was massacred by the government last

night while I was walking through the busyness of New York I

ran at the sound of fireworks a man in a military hoodie came after me

he asked why I raced that fast while I was still putting back my heart into my

chest panting & scared I took a fishy look at him & replied I thought it was gunshots

Hassan A. Usman

Hassan A. Usman, NGP II, is a Black Poet and a lover of cats. An undergraduate student of Counselor Education at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. His works have appeared or forthcoming in Blue Route Journal, Baltimore Review, Invisible Lit, The Madrigal Press, Paper Lanterns, Trampset, Icefloe Press, Poetrycolumn-NND, Nymph, SprinNG, Kissing Dynamite Poetry, The Shallow Tales Review, Olumo Review, Arts Lounge, Five south, and elsewhere. He’s an alumnus of the SprinNG Writing Fellowship 2022. Hassan enjoys cooking, listening to Nigerian street music, and juggles writing with modelling. Say hi to him on Twitter or Instagram @Billio_Speaks.

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