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BUYING INFERIORITY

Afuti Yibɔɔ is prayingPraying for good things to happenAbla his daughter is also prayingSaying great things must happen IISir Richard White is workingHoping great inventions will happenHis daughter Penelope is watchingLearning and helping for great inventions to happen IIIGod the judge watchesAsking why some of his created brains are callingGod the Master stretchesWondering why some […]

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WHEN YOU’RE NOT ENOUGH

When you’re not enough…it’s toughWhen you’re not enough…it’s roughWhen you’re not enough…you’re like a floating ghost…living with a mean hostMama…why was I not enough? IIThe heavens above can attest to the love…I have for youThe earth beneath can smell the peace I’ve always wanted…for youEven the air I breath seeps to beep my prayers…always for […]

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ESUBA DLIHC (Puzzle Poetry)

If the mind climbs…from the feet of a mountainOnly to reach the apex of realizationThen from the feet…climb to the head of this puzzleTo know the right stanza numberingI…Future near the inOthers of that andHappiness their devour toSelves of monsters no nurture soWe’re how are weInner and outer its on tattooed shame with one notSmiles […]

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FOR THE GIRL

If you all connive to bar a doorBy stomping and hitting on its beautiful floorKnowing that is your one and only wayFrom life’s clay to your decayThen like the God of languages…create a word to suit your thoughts IIThe girl is mother of the biblical manWhose womb is the only barrier to cross extinctionSo if […]