Simon Mol

Murder Most Foul (1)

On a cold Monday morning (9:00a.m.) as it was in Warsaw on Sept’ 20. 2004, you struggle out of bed reluctantly, sleepwalk to the computer to expire a leftover of the previous day’s task. Just as you make to sit down, the phone rings. The caller yells at you: “We are here at the Nigerian embassy…. Where are you!?”

“Home of course! Are you mad? Why are you shouting!?”
“Haven’t you heard that a Nigerian has been killed? Everyone is waiting for you here!”—
to such an imperative command, what would you do? I did the most obvious; dropped everything, entered into my autumn jacket and made a dash to the taxi rank.
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Murder Most Foul (2)

Following the murder of Joshua Ehitoya, the Association of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland , through Simon Mol its Secretary General, wrote the following letter of appeal to the Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration.

Dear Sir Minister;

It is with a heavy, grief-stricken heart that the African Community in Poland through the Association of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland present this letter to you. This follows the tragic death of Joshua Ehitoya, originally from Nigeria, who was heinously murdered in his apartment in Saska Kempa last Monday 20 of September at 21:30p.m. We write this letter with the support of 90% of Poles and other nationals residing in Poland, who we believe stand on our side against such an appalling, terrifying and barbaric act that threatens the very core of respect for the law, social harmony, public security and human evolution.

DATELESS - An Ode to the City of Tromso

By Simon Mol

Poem Written and read in a Cafe in Tromso, Norway ("Gateway to the Arctic") on September 9, 2004

Revered Spirits of this Land
Lord Mayor,
People of Tromso;
Here is a piece of my madness captured
In a few lines.
I never felt so happy…
For several long years;