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THE LEGACY TERM – FOR PRESIDENT MAHAMA

This is a realm where eagles, trying a walk…are regarded fowlsThis is a realm where cocks clocking a talk…are regarded bias-noisemakersBut I’ll be a fowlAnd an avid noisemakerFor I see the laws that should be…being birthed to be III never thought these eyes will live to seeAccountability dancing in one’s own potOh I never thought […]

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PAPA PATRIACHY

Listen, those days are goneYes, goneThe days when wives were stamped “good materials”built to bend,to break,to weather every storm you called tradition… are gone Now they rise…equal imperials,Leveling the pig-like habitsyou passed down like heirlooms of ignoranceThose days?Over! So stitch yourself a new mind like a tailor with skillSail yourself a new course like a […]

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GASLIGHTERS

You don’t disturb a tree of bees…and complain of stings from angry beesYou don’t annoy me like a fly disturbing my nap timeAnd give me guidelines as to how to react IbDish and be quiet on that unknown slimeAnd let the served choose how to react IIIt is only an inhuman who can drive a […]