Sucking sights Sulking steps Whirling walks Sickening stomach Headaches holding hammer …hitting my head Why do you do this to yourself? II Didn’t you tell me? Didn’t you tell me …forgetfulness resided in its potion? Didn’t you assure me? Didn’t you assure me the hurdles …will fold their mats …and leave my body? So why […]
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IN THE BOTTLE
Kwabena Amoafo lives in a bottle A bottle too small even for his hand A bottle whose scent throws more punches To noses than the best boxers alive But like a diminished grasshopper He lives in what he blinds Putting pressure on his people II What at all is in the bottle That has the […]
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