Call me a crazy bitch and hungryAt least you know better than to mess with that fem doggie when it is hungryImagine presenting yourself as an anger bait…in its dangerous fateOboy, you know your death will not be palatable IICall me a crazy bitch and lonelyAt least you know lonely bitches hunt their wildest gamesAnd […]
“At the count of tenIf you don’t do itI will show you where power liesOneTwoooThreeeeFourFiiiiveSixSevenEightNiiineTen”Nothing happensAnd speaker re-countsAs he loses the attention of onlookersAnd brands himself as a dog with no teeth…talk less claws II“At the count of threeIf you don’t fish a culprit outYou won’t like the repercussionsOneTwoThree”Demotions and trial promotionsSacking and replacementsArrests and […]
Once upon a timeThe gods of Ahoban created spots on the landTo check hostilities…growing among people living on their land IIOnly the seer of the land knew these spotsWhen two enemies stepped on the same spotThey either kiss or kill eachotherThe first enemies to be caught by the gods Were Owura Amanfi and Efo GboviThe […]
The Impala Lily…is now like the goat called billyWith antics reckless and sillyAnd flaws horrible and chillyThreading paths of mistakes so hilly IINow we live in the lie of lightThe flawed perfection of small salaries made big and brightNow we live in the wealth of gargantuan debtsAnd the gay sadness of abject povertyNow we live […]
Judge me oh Junior JesusesFor God did give His glory to your gutsAnd added my will to your court! Judge me oh Just Judases!For the creator did carve my come for your dollyhoodAnd soiled my soul for your sureness! Judge me o Joint JerusalemsFor you have the power to fall JerichoAnd have the power to […]
If my successes are my bricksMy failures are the mortar which licks…those bricks to tick my tallSo are yours IIIf my shine is my buildMy doom is the very field…on which the shield of my build standsSo are yours IIIIf my laughter makes meMy sadness surely is the saucepan that houses the me…boiling me fine […]
Afua Kromo says you’re like sour orange…which makes her gum cringeShe says you’re her only word formed out of horror…borangeA bore in its own rangeShe says her eyes can stand you not talk less her mirrorThat’s why she left youI thought she had told me a lieNow I know why IIEvery word that walks out […]
Owuo de ɛkɔm eedi akɔm…ɛwɔ ateasefoɔ mpɔ muOwuo de nkwa adane ɛkwan…ɛwɔ nnipa aman muOwuo de nsukɔm eepia nisuo…ɛwɔ nkwa ajosuo yi soNso nnipa a wonni tumi…wo fa he kɔ ko? B.Owuo bɔ hu oooƐɛkyere w’adɔfoɔ no na ɛɛbɔ wo nkae!Owuo hoɔ hu oooƐmene w’atamfoɔ no na ɛde ahi ɛɛbɔ wo nkae!Owuo hoɔ hene oooƐfa […]
When loved ones fallWe are called to pain’s hallWith aching hearts painted so dullAnd disbelieving minds acting nullWith pity for selves and the otherHurting for good times lost forever We gather in shudder …to remember 2.When loved ones dieWe dread the byeBut we meet to greet the painWhile we treat death with disdain As we […]
Please tell me your name in dateSo I can crown your preparation in grand stateFor I’ll hate to be found in tattered drawers Or worse in my birthday suit…by my reveredAnd I’ll hate to be seen without my shea shineEven if flies start to on me whineSo tell me your name in date III’ll hate […]
Platinum can never feel inferior to copperThat’s why a race war, turned upside down, is hilariousFor Black is the ultimate in pricelessnessAs none can get the shade and shineUnless through a miraculous rebirthAs even fake melanin speaks through dullnessAnd pumped lips model talking runways with stiffness IIThe absolute Black blends with the darkWhere enemies will […]
Let Satan rule our heavenAnd God take over hellLet the sky be our groundAnd the earth be our skyLet the man birth the childAnd the woman, give the spermLet our feet be our headAnd our head be our feetThat is the change we need to be satisfied 2.Let the demons fast in heavenAnd angels taste […]
There are times when we refuse…to drain our toxics into a refuseThere are times when our content…do not make us contentThere are times when we can’t bank…our hope on our bankThere are times, when our soles…taking us places, house not our soulsThose times pierce their bows…in our shameful bows IIThere are times when our mate…don’t […]
There are times when doors which bite…host the most comfortable bedsThere are times when teeth which bite…host sweet tongues in their shedsThere are times when glaring eyes…tell real truths hiding in liesThere are times, times many a sniffing nose…do toxic minds closeSo no mind must look to judge just from a perspective IIThere are times […]
I never really meant to hurt anyone, honestly. I was just a simple man, or maybe I should rather say; even though it was very complicated inside my head, I kept it to myself and lived a quiet life with my disability. A disability! A disability was the easiest way I could think of it. […]
Referees of secrets are like death bellsTheir names act siren which panic yellsTheir smiles act warning which threatens to tellTheir anger act arrests which yell a cellAnd their frowns tell stories of a fallen spell IIThat’s why some power pays to uproot their rootsThat’s why some power cuffs their suspicious bootsThat’s why some power cuts […]
Agya tua dua nso ontumi nnua ntiAmanfoɔ si no huu de aniwuo kyekyere n’abatiEbi frɛ no ɔbaa basia Ebi frɛ no ɔba kwasiaEbi frɛ no akokɔ mɛsaEbi frɛ no…ahuhuro mu awɔNso agya tua dua a Nyame ankasa adua B. Sɛ nka nnipa yɛ Nyame a Anka me tiboa betumi aboa wɔn huro yi Sɛ anka […]
When the police are paws on lease…purring and punching to pleaseAnd politicians are paws which trick nationsWhen the media are minds in “theirs”And citizens are seats of zones and beesWhat can the helpless do? IIWe will all sit and take our turnsOnly to have us wait for the returnsOf our fair share of unfairnessAnd our […]
It is the licking of a small sparkWhich ate some best farms of some greedy spiders…in moral tales into soot blackSo I deal no rumour riders IIAma Antwiwaa has diedThat beautiful damsel with that sweet smileShe has really diedWith her fashion talent making many cry in painShe has died in her twenties’ greatMaking many hate […]
Let the lost fight the infidelAnd the infidel strike the lost!Let our tribes go to battleAnd our little peace serve as gunsLet our preferences go to warAnd our differences serve as bombsThese may be the seeds which will feed our dead bodies…after it all IILet our voices shout down our earsAnd our fingers pluck out […]
The legs…which carry your body,The thighs…which support the legs,The waist…which balances the body,The spine…which holds the body,The stomach…which fuels the body,The genitals…which sanitize the body,Ribs and back…which wall the bodyThe chest…which houses the engine of the body – the heart,The hands…which swing and run errands for the body,The neck…which holds the head,The head…which houses eyes, […]
In the winds of sorrowIt seems there’s no tomorrowIn the rain of despairIt seems there’s no repairAmidst the storms of lossBitterness or self pity acts bossBut clouds which refuse to rain…faze IIIn the hollow of sorrowOur thoughts, by worry, are borrowedThrough deserts of sadnessMany a pain gain a harnessAmidst the discomfort of dejectionAll help seems […]
Where do sweet souls thread to be fed to death in their young?Which lyrics do songsters string in their sheds to build sorrowful songs?What mood is this which hangs a poet in numbness for this long?Why do some builders taste not the shade of their hardwork?Who chaperones the vehicle of death?I need to knowI so […]
I watch hypocrisy play on the field of common senseAnd watch the ball of truth being dribbled by nonsenseI see birthed hatred referee our former peace and harmonyNow respectively called foe and cacophonyAnd I cringe at the audience in and on their fenceHailing the fracas through their foolish lenses IIYou’re fanning little fires amidst wooden […]
(Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers! Sending love and cheers for all that you are.) You can say mothers are like seasThey are combinations of many emotions…flowing through so many heartsAnd act roads to ferry many to safetyEven when one drowns in the love of a motherThey’re revived as great versions of themselvesSo you can […]
You can’t call your mother a gutterThat should cause the gods to give you a slaughter Because she traveled through nine months of tortureAnd suffered a most excruciating rupture…of one of her most prized body parts…to have youSo you can’t call your mother a gutter IIYou can’t call your mother a witchIf you live and […]
Ɛna yɛ naƐna te sɛ abɛ duaWɔn ma yɛn bɛdɛ a yɛ de bɛsua yɛn bra wɔ nkɔsoɔ bra muWɔn ma mmɔfra ɔdɔ mmɛ a emu nsuo tenetene yɛn tɛkrɛmaWɔn ma wɔn mma nhwɛsoɔ adwennwu ne nnwuMa wɔn de adesua de kye de bɔ wɔn braWɔn ma wɔn mma prayɛ ma wɔn de prapra wɔn […]
People dey here dey talkTalk talk be all una knowPerson no fit tink for una presenceAs rubbish con sweep from una brain…con scatter minds IIYou dey here dey talk say Africa go uniteThe same Africa where countries no fit fit for oda placesAs jealous citizens con kill…fry and burn persons wey dem say take thema […]
Sometimes I am my own foeI see fire, I see ice, and I see a combinationBut I choose a mono with my toeMy eyes roaming somewhere in vague inspirationBurning or drowning my aspiration 2.Sometimes I am my own downfallIn a tricky climb, my thoughts roam on groundsJust at a sound of a bird, I fallBreaking […]
Some years pastA man who thought himself heaven was reduced to dustAfter traveling to a world with no gender rolesAnd acted like the king of all pleasure holes IIShirazu was appalled when he saw his fellow man cookFor a mere woman to eatSo he shouted his disgust, flung his bookGave the man a seatAnd went […]
If you don’t feed meYou can at least let me be meMy sex bowl should not be your tongue twisterAnd my empty womb should not make you turn into a tricksterSelling convincing words to lazeaboutsTo glove them with hatred to hold me in ridiculous bouts IIIf you don’t feed meAt least you need to let […]
There are many words buried in many heartsThan bodies buried in the groundBecause cowardice locks mouthsHatred confiscates opennessFear suppresses willAnd anger flies submission of tongues to Prideland…barring them from speaking IIIf heads open the mouths of heartsTo walk through mouths on bodiesTransparency will walk through chaosTo appear at an understandingWhere humans live their truthsTo get […]
There is love which is hatredAnd hatred which is loveThere is kindness which is crueltyAnd cruelty which is kindnessThere is strength which is weaknessAnd weakness which is strengthThere is happiness which is sadnessAnd sadness which is happiness There is care which is wickedness And wickedness which is careThere is hardwork which is sluggishnessAnd sluggishness which […]
Each and his flightEven if it is not alrightSomeone’s flight will be a hospital bedSomeone’s flight will be a homesteadSomeone’s flight will be a a carSomeone’s flight will be at a normal barSomeone’s flight will be a roadSomeone’s flight will be an abodeEach and their flight to deathDifferent from our path of birth IIEach and […]
Mo nnunu mo ho na mo nsere…mmu m’oani ngu nnepa bebree a mo rehwere…soNa sɛ daakye adekye…na nkyirimma fa anibere kɛntɛn kɔ po a afikyereNa wɔn de anibue hunu sɛ mo nnyuma na ɛde wɔn nampa kyekyɛ asrokye…mmaa ne srikye ahoma pansam wɔn aƐhɔ na mo sunsum bɛti nnuho kɔmNa mo akra bɛti kɔankra sutrɔ […]
How did our generational grooming become so tough?How did our great games become not enough?How did our growth go broke and rough?How did our cues granted bearly through coughs…become unrespectable stuff?We sure are in abnormal times IIWhen the skies change, the world must adjustLet’s not be like clouds which never thought earth their restAnd darkened […]
There are many GodsSitting atop the only oneTo grow balls of smartness to outsmart humanityForcing worship in place of crueltyThese Gods sure have lived and have been servedNow their holiness is in a curve IIHe who is slapping sleeping soulsTo see the horrors of deceiving soles!She who is waking weary wombsTo birth the wisdom of […]
I have no jubilation in summer lightFor summer is the house of my homeI have no battles with coldTo have my body taste painful foldIn instances where I must be bold 2.I have no business shoveling snowOn streets whose main flaw is dustOh I have no business shouting at winterWhen harmattan acts mild to help […]
Abura ntaawaMframa asaawaNsuo nsaasaawaAyirɛm kawa! IbWhen fresh water lilies open their buds…to taste sky watersAnd running winds stand on their pates to pray their fateAs black clouds hug the chest of the skyEyes of dust wail…praying to keep their existenceBut alas! What must come always comes IIWhen angry tides roll on a powerless seaAnd mate […]
I’ll seduce your successAnd produce my excessI’ll confuse your accessAnd reduce your recessIf you make me the headlines of your life’s news III’ll cripple your dreamsAnd fipple your screamsI’ll stipple your creamsAnd ripple your teamsIf you make me the headlines of your life’s news IIII’ll crumble your laughsAnd rumble your gaffesI’ll tumble your staffAnd bumble […]
You believe in a worship in which you dressTo impress and stress on hiding sins when you, in your codified holiness, digressI believe in a worship in which I serveThose who needs have reserved but life holds onto because they so deserveWe’re both worshippers of our beliefsSo why push me into a make-believe foedomJust so […]
We’re hereWhere we’re dragging our egosAs the air of change blows across the sex oceanWith many notions spanning across emotionsIn a continent dug deep into debts by corrupt commotions IbWe’re hereWhere questions walk out of fear…of rears steering exits as their known entrances…disgust thoughts outAs taboos write boldly on moral boards“Man cannot equal manWoman cannot […]
Akwantuo tumi bɔ yɛfunu asesaMa tɛkrɛma brɛ kɔm ne kasaNso, Ghana nnuane bɔ nkae ma tɛkrɛma saEfirisɛ mmae bue nuane pa ponoBue honam a akɔ ɛkɔm akono pono B.Wo bɛnya bankye a ɛyɛ merɛ…ɛne nkontomire mpotɔgum hwiegumA amako papabi…gyeene a ɛyɛ hwam…nkyene kakra a efiri yɛn mpoano…koobi a awia akye n’agyina…ɛne zomi a emu hwam […]
Love is your playful smilesAnd your adorable bombsLove is me on your backAnd you on the runLove is you on your backAnd me on a rideLove is a cross bath…with exploratory gamesLove is your alerts in my drynessAnd your ever ready earsLove is your security detailAnd your bubbly chuckleLove is making me your wallet’s caretakerWhen […]
Sometimes…drums talk to let the world know their soundsSometimes…bamboos cut to let bodies know they biteSometimes…rains flood…fires burn…airs killTo let the world know they can be mastersThat’s why I ask todayDon’t you know me?Now you want to know III am that vagina which fucked society…to birth my own freedom…making it feed on my breasts of […]
You see wen dem say experience fit teach person well well? I cum find story wey ring im bellI dey my corner with my boboWey I be with sotay years cum dangbeleshi like sokoWey certain obroni cum dey attract amSotay e lef me for am IIWen bobo open e duna wey act mof tell me […]
Listen to the lyrics of lifeLittle lessons lurk in languages…lit like lampsTo light your liver’s lookFor a longer and luckier lap IIListen to the language of loveLittle laws lurk to lubricate your lensesTo loosen the lividity of lossIn the lust of leers IIILook at the list of levels Learning lurks like leaching labelsLearn to lose […]
By all meansKill the mosquitoes which sing to disrupt the sound of our means…but get the rats which feed fat on our storage…without looking into our future’s hunger hostage IIYes, by all meansBreak the crabs without heads at our shoresBut do get the sharks, with minds, killing the purpose of our captains…before they reach our […]
Like the sticks which hit its drums, only you can feel the heat in your stationSo even if your words will break a mansionTell your storyAnd break the worry…of you being turned into a sorryAnd use the backlash of hatred as your lorry…to your advocating glory IITie not your tongue in fearThinking the subdued the […]
Many many timesLion ruled the jungle on crimesKilling smaller animals like no otherAnd always walking with huge shoulders with no botherNo call for justice made it shudder IIThen cat, out of hunger…hunted down a mouse like a low rangerPrompting others to brand cat a strangerAnd force it to taste its viceTo save the poor poor […]
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