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| Nov. 2004 |
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| ***BIO*** Uche Peter Umez, award winning Nigerian poet, lives in Owerri, Imo State, nigeria. His poetry have been featured in dailies, journals, internet, and anthologies, etc. He is presently working on his debut collection of short stories, Tears In Her Eyes. |
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| LITTLE HAWKER |
| by Uche Umezurike |
| a large tray of fruits on his little head, he hawks about in the streets, crying out: " buy fre-ee-esh oranges," even when they are dried up like his hopes by the terrible African sun. in the streets the African child, the leader of tomorrow, how he hawks about |