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 […]
Give good memories in your walk through lifeFor memories are the currencies…which buy remembrance and kill extinctionScary memories die to turn scary ghostsTo haunt an ongoing fairy-taleBurning a resting soul to wake…and bake in an oven of hatredGood memories sing lullabies of praiseFan souls to laise with peaceIn dreams where constant fantasies turn realitiesTill the […]
OnceWhen the mukyia was the freshest cookerAnd daresen with water were its first meet-and-greeter every morningA young Fante woman lived in Israel…near Tabora-Alhaji **She was a known hard core debtorShe bought things with the face of a hungry and lonely catBut faced payment with roars of a dog with rabiesHer notoriety was well known…even by […]
0When vultures force themselves…into the skin of dovesCarcasses needed to be fought for…reveal their true nature 1How do you feelAs revelations whip you to a stopOnly to let you know your motivationWas inspired by dust-in-eyes…clothed as a sparkling jem?Those sheep following pigs acting elephantsJumping for unreachable tree barks…breaking innocent branches…stomping on weak roots…and digging through […]
Probity is placing people in places …and keeping pace to let them power II There is the sun for days …and moon for nights When a sun appears in the dark It is like humans walking with their pates …an anomaly The moon knows it can shine not in the day Even a little overstay […]
Ei! Agbovi looked at Mawusi Her shea buttered skin repulsing him Her natural nails simple-slapping his ego Her foamy hair angering him Three pimples on her face …disgusting him He booted her out of his house …like a useless football Hwɛ! He went back to his phone …to Maya Her fair skin flawlessly obeyed his […]
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