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ABUSERS AND THEIR AIDS

They act like the righteous ones needing praiseWanting the populace to think they are our culture’s higher raiseThey sing songs of the faults of the abusedWhen they are the ones who always have them emotionally usedThey act so so confused in the grips of the lawAfter causing the abused lifetimes of soreAbusers, that is their […]

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MPAPA AND KYERƐDE

“Efua Boowaa always plays with GboviLaughing to his twisted jokes with rolling eyes…like a gbegbleviAs she sorted through his second hand clothes till she buysUntil that faithful dayWhere flirty rays turned bomb which strayed and blinded an innocent man IINone of us were in the houseWe went to our farms only to see her coiled […]

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SADDLED WITH GUILT

It is true that an animal which bites…surely got through your cloth…onto your skinSuch was the case in the busy town of Krowiah IbAkowiah is the favorite uncle of AsaAnd the best brother to AbaHe buys all the favorite toys…for all the girls and boysAnd buys all the sweet candies and dresses…for Asa making sure […]

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ON HOLY GROUNDS (For Uwa and all rape victims)

She went to church She always went to church And they saw it …deemed it fit to lurk And went berserk Thrusting into her temple in a temple Hitting her hard where it hurts Killing her soul before her body Fearing not the presence of God II When the news broke Men with sticks who […]

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THE CROWN OF RAPE

Rape scraped the dignity of Yaaba And crowned Akowia King in Kokoraba Because the elders claimed succulent fruits must cover themselves …to stop passersby from easy plucking Agyawaadwo! II She was like a breath of fresh air Her smooth black skin always shining like dawn of dark She was like a confident lioness …fierce, sassy, […]