Those ticks in the cracks of cement floors
Still testify here; the fleas in the pores
Of your desert skin, those hyenas yapping
Worse than leprous midnight dogs, those
Scorpions whose sting sings like brain
Tumour, the swarming mosquitoes and bats;
What, who won't you find here, welcome
To these Chattering wagtails of Mikuyu Prison.

The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison (1993), V