Emmanuel Jakpa
my computer crashed
so I reformat
its
hard drive.
Re-install
its programs
& browsers.
Start
from scratch
Typing
all my documents
again
You might miss
what I
am trying to say
It is not like a
human
body
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Oritsegbemi Emmanuel Jakpa was born in Warri, Nigeria, is currently living in Ireland. His poetry has been published in a number of online and print journals and an Irish-Canadian anthology. He is a Yeats’s Pierce Loughran Scholar.
Story © 2009 Emmanuel Jakpa. All other content copyright © 2009 Abyss & Apex Publishing.
Copyrighted by the author unless otherwise noted.
Art Director: Bonnie Brunish
