Godwin Inyang

Dr Fixit (Africa's Longest Poem) Volume Eight Godwin Inyang

Dr Fixit, after returning home to seek love from his childhood crush who became a nun, is introduced on arrival to a flamboyant theatre boss and their relationship instantly blossoms into what would be a thriving theatre in their locality with a series of plays churned out for the theatre fans. Dr Fixit's trip to reach the nun with Crookedmouthit (the nun's brother) as a guide, initially looking futile, turns to a chain of blessings when in pursuit of Loveit (the nun), they stumble on an old folk who spins yarns that inspire the protagonist to rewrite his plays and add some mystical twists to them. Agog are the theatre fans as they receive the series of plays tagged, 'THE INTRIGUE'. Loveit is lost to the nunnery but Dr Fixit latches on to a new love, a teacher, whom Crookedmouthit introduces her family to him while in a boat as they are returning from the mountain nunnery. The soldier ants in the enclave are also adamant the original movie script left with humans be retrieved and brought to them after being hypnotized by the bar recitals of parts of the movie script and watching the stunning plays in the theatre.