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ALIU MAHAMA STREET

Dear Aliu Mahama Street, I have seen you from your so so to your asphaltMany questions hover in my mindI’d like to ask if you don’t mindAt this time when darkness is a great clothAnd sapiens’ rest is a great assurance III fear none todayFor the sleeping Nkrumah students embolden meAnd our great wall promises […]

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INCOHERENT

“Shut up as we shell you in our shieldShin up as we shush you with our sharpsShould you be shot by our shooters…shut up if you’ve no bullet proof shirt”Incoherent are the words of the tricks of our polls…licking off our sanityAnd these are seen after they wrestle mandate with humility IIThese are the struggles […]

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OH YOUNG YOU

Oh young you!Your posture and thoughts aren’t crazyYour state and hurts aren’t crazyYour self pity and confidence is a malady…a malady of the young IIFor if you could send an eye into your futureYou’d see its beautiful structureAnd the line of men who would be courting for a chanceAnd the line of love which will […]

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ABETYU (Puzzle Poetry)

0If 1, 2, 3 is boringAnd 3, 2, 1 is tellingLet’s try a 2, 3, 1,…3, 1, 2To find the knot of this non conforming 1.the Static is statistics of highest of the mark celebratory beauty everythe It takes of achievers shapebodies and not to wrinkle carvedwhich Cultivate habits around growth orbitslust and not 2.woman […]

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THE DAY TRUE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS

When there arrives a dayFor all heads to sayWhat they’re paid to sayWhen there arrives a day for words of leadersTo lead the path they’re paid to leadWhen there arrives a day for the highestTo respect decisions of the higher and high to even the lowWhen there comes a day-A day all followers will out […]

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BELIEVABLE LIES

We love believable lies…compared to unbelievable truthsSo we live in the lies and kill our truthsWhile praying through false channels…for positive resultsWhat is the formula for this crude mathematical hope? IINo one lies happily in lies…and expect to be comfortable in the grave of truthBodies and minds get comfy…with what they’re fed as time adjusts […]