Seven Stations of The Cross by Olu Oguibe

Seven Stations of The Cross

(For Esiaba Irobi)

                              

From Leeds to Liverpool,

Liverpool to London,

London to New York,

New York to Towson,

Towson to Athens;

The beaconer takes his bow in Berlin
And the exile becomes Myth:

Seven stations of the Cross.

I leave to live, said he
I exit to exist

Olu Oguibe is Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Connecticut and Associate Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the same university. His books include: Uzo Egonu: An African Artist in the West(1995) and The Culture Game(2004). He is also an award-winning poet and occasional electronic music composer.