at the sound of rain,
ants file out his eye sockets
like pupils, spilling.
Chinaza James-Ibe writes and practices photography in Nigeria. Her work has appeared in Luminary Lines, Poetry Column-NND, Poetry Sango-Ota, Akewi, Isele Magazine, Lolwe, The Shallow Tales Review, Agbowo, Brittle Paper, and elsewhere. She recently won the 2024 Awele Creative Trust Short Story Award, and the Nwelechi Prize for Non-fiction.