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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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IF ONLY

I sat on the edge of the fenceAs many held placards in defenseOf their beloveds made to turn soilThrough some negligence, still I recoil IITheir voices act like noisesNoises I felt were part of their many choicesBut could have been kept…to save those pores which wept…under the sun’s angry toilAnd so I got comfortable on […]

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WE AREN’T ANGRY ENOUGH

We aren’t angry enoughLike a wind on a sea which howls in the roughWe aren’t angry enoughTo change our beings and to demand our growthWe aren’t angry enoughTo seek returns from pleaders who turn leachersWe aren’t angry enoughWe so aren’t angry enough IIWhen our anger turns into furyAnd our fury seeks its hurryWe will change […]

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THE POLITRICKED

Sitting ducks – Fitting blocksCharmers – Climbers IbThere is nothing more painfulThan watching baboons eat the carcasses of monkeys…who worked like donkeysTo push them onto pates of trees, so disdainful! IILong time ago which flows into nowBaboons sought power to wow…hiding behind many a bowWhile hiding arrows in many a bow…at their behindAll the while […]

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THE NOISY AIDE

Godon godon godon, gong gong godon Apatampa godon, krɛkɛtɛ godon, kon kon gudon, krɛtɛke godong, apatampa gudon, ɔnwam atikɔ pɔ firi suantie twɛdeɛ! Godon! II While the sounds lift Even the heads of mouths in ground dancing Close doors stage worst nightmares To be covered by dust made through the dance of the crowd How […]