Let him live
Close in the open
Like a flower
Riding out of the crack
Of dry woodback
And dust sighs
On its loaf
It looks as a cowboy
Abandoned
By his horse
In a desertfield
Saddiq Dzukogi is a Nigerian poet who has published three poetry collections. He has poems published in KalahariReview, African Writer, EbediReview, SarabaMagazine, among others. He writes from the capital city of Minna.