SUMMARY OF NOTHING
—for Professor Alofoje Unuigboje— by Majekodunmi Oseriemen Ebhohon The speaker has spoken.The points were clear.The slides, exhausted.We have clapped.Our heads noddedlike elders hearing a childrecite an oríkìthey thought lost to time. But beholda parrot climbs the stage,like a cockroach chasing claps. “Permit me to summarize…” Summarize what, exactly?What we just heard with our ears?With the same mouth God gave…