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A SONG OF HOPE

Biden is truncating a dirty drum…digging out traps to undo slapsMelting messes to mark out pinesTo sack the heartless drowning trick IIThis is a sign of the ruling massesMandating power to level classesForcing tears into champagne glassesFor the once laughing power drunk brats IIIWill our Twitter feeds now be cleanFrom lies and tantrumed tauntsWill our […]

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YOU SHOULD’VE TOLD US

You presentWho lived a future with sealed mouthAnd treated our past to the tension and fears…of another term for a destructive bigotWho sat on a seat…a seat whose nose’s sneeze…infected the world with cold and chillsYou really were unkindTo have allowed our thoughts dangle…at the tip of the cliff of uncertaintiesYou should have given us […]

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IN HER SPEECH (For Kamala Harris)

Oh saints can you hearThe voice which I hearWhich calms all kinds of choicesAnd encourages great voices…to rise to the call of their ambitionsA voice which has given us one perfect rendition…of dreams coming trueMarking the fact…that the stars are in the blue IIShe is a hand which has opened a door…and intends to keep […]

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BEATEN BROSS

Biden bites big to be bestBeating the American antics kingWhose tweets taunted and tricked the tops…to trash honour in its barned bulk IINow the bull dog has been chainedHis fast fingers in a shakeThat’s how a Harris came and lay off…its manipulative naughty self IIIOh my worldHow to laughNow with our comic antics goneOh my […]

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IN WELCOME (For Biden and Harris)

A. SoulB. LifeC. UnityD. PeaceE. JusticeF. HarmonyG. BullshitH. RacistsHb. IgnoranceJ. Korean CandyK. UnfairnessL. HealingM. MendN. Global Village MonsterO. Global LeadershipP. WarQ. LoveR. BraveS. SaintsT. TaintU. LiveV. DecorumW. White HouseX. Murdered relationsZ. HellZb. Co. Existence 1.You’re inheriting a ZWhere many ache…and yearn for L, C, D, E, F…to M their broken heartsYou have no easy taskBut […]

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SHEDDING LEAVES

Shedding rotten leavesA huge tree on a great landFreeing breaths long heldAmoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © November 8, 2020

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TRUMP DUMPED?

Is it true that Trump…who called some women tramps…has been dumped onto the dump of defeat? IIIs it true that Trump…whose power jumps made him make many a dumb commentHas now been rendered voiceless…by the power of thumbs? IIIThis should tell us power is naughtSo we should live it humbly in our gotAnd if it […]

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WHEN AN ANIMAL IS ABOUT TO DIE

When an animal is about to dieIts voice is heard in many a cry…with words chanting lies, deciet…and hoaxes after being decapitated by defeat IIWhen a chicken is about to dieIt flies here and thereCrying “It’s a lie! It’s a lie!”Shouting how unfair IIIWhen an animal is about to dieMany others will hear of itBut […]

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TOASTED TRUMP

Tell TrumpThat trying to tear into truthBy toasting trust amidst nature’s testsTrying taunting trumpetsThrusting trauma to trap targeted tensionsThrew him into this trouble IIDark DonaldThe distant dangersThe drifting drivesThe dreadful daresThe endangered dreamsThe drowsy dissesDeputising drastic dunce dupes at desperate docks…dumped you on defeat dust IIIDear TrumpYou did think the world dumbSo you bumped into […]

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THE OUSTED KING TURKEY OF ERICUS

Once upon a timeThere lived a Turkey who loved being in powerAlthough stupid to a faultThe cunning and dubious ways of its family…led it to be one of the wealthiest animals in the jungleOwing to thisTurkey manipulated its way into the power race…of the Animal Kingdom of Ericus IIMany laughed after seeing Turkey on the […]

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“I’M ERICA” IN BREATHLESS TIMES

With whines…and “whens”Asking who…will winWith wild thoughts…in wrecks“I’m Erica” dangles in the sky of anxiety…with civil wars as its hell…and calm as its heavenWill it fall or climb?Asɛm sɛbɛ parcelled in future time IIAs a dog barks thinking itself a lionAnd a hawk-like-eagle swoons for a mandate catchAs chaos chases in Covid times…and crimes soar […]

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The Painful Watch – Racism From An Ignorant African’s Point of View

We grew up reading bits and pieces about it, colonialism. Years of schooling made us aware of another colour which invaded our spaces, bought some of our leaders and contracted some thugs among us to hunt our people for sale. Those people who loved their lands looked for safe places to hide but most were […]

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AMERICA, CHAOTICA

Frances faces the frantic flogger His sweat and fear visible from the Mount of Safety “Let’s have this conversation …shall we? What at all did us black do to some of you?” II Matthew looks at him with disdain “You’re everything we’re not You can bleach to be us …but we can’t bleach to be […]

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WHERE AMERICA BLEEDS

A step forward Ten steps lost What time has been slow to wash Now sit in filth Filth worse than it had seen Being fanned by flies Oh knives of division cuts through humanity And like a melting cake It gives way to wailing wishes Guarded by suppressing bombs II Tales are told upon tales […]

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MARKED FOR DOOM

How did this happen? A bull dog winning a battle with a lioness? How did this happen? Trash beats motherly breasts to become a tap of filth? Who will filter this? A demon has penetrated through the gates of peace Will the peace cease? II A massacre of thoughts Marrying chaos like disaster Emphasising pain […]

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CRASHING AMERICA (CRAZY STANZAS)

You were beautiful Your coconuts’ early openings just wonderful Your need to lead  Overbearing but powerful Why do you now look pitiful? II Most of your children now roam Roam the forest of doom Leaving the street of morals Because a cane on a skin Draws your judges’ hammer, Your youngs now fly with flawed […]