THE BUS RIDE
Life is like a journey on a bus When you're born the journey begins The minute you're out, you set on this course Men, animal, all breathing things Everyone boards...
GOD ESCAPED
I asked god to give me the courage He gave me enemies! I asked god to give me the knowledge He gave me comments! I asked god to give me...
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CITY OF POVERTY
In the city of poverty The rich reign supreme They isolate themselves On the Island of arrogance The city of poverty Great city I love to hate There, living with...
LEAVE ME BE
Liken me not unto another Nor place me on the standards of my brother Let me be the me I know That all my hidden faults may show Question not...
MY SALTY PEARLS
I have wanted this More than The barren hag Craved The feel of sucking lips On the nipples of her wilted, Virgin breasts. Wanting, My nerves have rippled Like the...
THE HOSPITAL
Two cries Same time Same place A cry of joy A cry of woe One of life One of death One wrapped in swaddling From the maternity closet Warm hands...
100 LINES TO HIS COY MISTRESS (a duet)
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] hundred lines From a bothered mind To his coy mistress To his coy mistress, pure and chaste To sheer beauty, to poise and taste Even a hundred hour Seems little...
BE THE DOG, BE THE PIG
be the dog return to vomit yes, swallow again! atimes what was is still best be the pig return to mud yes, wallow again atimes going back is...
ADANMA! SHALL I WAIT
Adanma! Why do I dance To the cadence of your heart And entertain the chant From your soul? Nneka The hamlet princess Persisted in trapping my spirit Beneath snare of...