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 </div><p></p><figure id="attachment_6232" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6232" style="width: 382px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6232#main" rel="attachment wp-att-6232"><img class=" wp-image-6232 " title="A Gift For The Street" alt="A Gift For The Street" src="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/a-gift-for-the-street.png" width="382" height="260" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6232" class="wp-caption-text">www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry <strong>[A Gift For The Street]</strong></figcaption></figure>I am a gift<br>
for the tough part of the street.
<p>I am the words<br>
of a beggar,<br>
the pleas on his face.</p>
<p>I am the dirty spills<br>
that lingers in the blouse of a trader</p>
<p>I am the sweat<br>
dangling on an ‘Alabar’s body<br>
on a cold afternoon</p>
<p>I am the future<br>
of unlearned children patting wheels by</p>
<p>I am the tongue<br>
voicing the prophet’s morning call<br>
the sound of his bell.</p>
<p>I am the noise of the market women<br>
the sweet words posing their wares</p>
<p>I am the shield<br>
for homeless boy<br>
standing with a fallen dream</p>
<p>…I am hope<br>
the future of the street</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Written by: Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau</em><br>
<em>Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson</em></p>
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