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 </div><p></p>Thought you once took pride<br>
in blemish scars – that<br>
so revealed your victory<br>
in natures wrestle
<p>Thought you had your ash<br>
of silvery sparkle – for<br>
eyelids to tickle your lords’ guests<br>
of distant transits</p>
<p>Thought your pores needed air<br>
for gracious bloom – see<br>
the hot clime you roost<br>
for skins honeyed thru</p>
<p>Thought you read, the many<br>
mirror reflections, before<br>
walking this mile to reveal you –<br>
new in alien masks, circus fit</p>
<p>Thought you knew, your bleached<br>
face, dyed brows and spiky lashes<br>
will find you out, and on judgement sing,<br>
‘go, bring me back to me’!</p>
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 <div class="be-author-meta be-author-description">Yugo Gabriel Egboluche is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He lives and writes from Nigeria, where he works as a Development Practitioner with a flair for extensive writing that covers poetry, fiction, script and copy-writing. His works have been published in chapbooks and webzines including The Kalahari Review, Praxis Magazine Online, while his short stories have been published in an Experimental Writing, African Vs Latin America anthology, blogs and translated into film. He has also edited and co-authored numerous community development texts and guidebooks.</div>
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