Poetry

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Agbe gbe mi dele o! Longing for abula;On aaro-hot amala;Consumed!Shedding gallons of sweat;With belt loosened! Agbe! Might not have that;Not the original;When compulsorily coated;While in Fall we waited! A kii r’ajo ka ma de’le o! Squirrels will go back;Pigeons will backtrack;Leaving son of man;His safety to plan Agbe! How I wish!You too wish!When it’s time!It…

Has the third world war started?I think so?From antiballistic missiles countering ballistic;Nukes threatening to erase our earth;Rat-a-tat of AK-47;Ricocheting of ak-74;Hunger widespread where there should be plenty! Man is insane!If he wasn’t;He would have seen needfor peace! War everywhere,who benefits?Of course, arm sellers are smilingto the banks;Power wielders too will havetheir craving;Unobvious to a fact…

God give us men!A time like this demands strong mindsGreat hearts, true faith and ready hands,Men whom the lust of office does not kill,Men whom the spoils of office can not buy;Men who possess opinions and a will,Men who have honor, who will not lie,Men who can stand before a demagogueAnd damn his treacherous feathers…

As I pluck the child from the air.Your face is wet, she says. She is white teeth,and fever, the tapestry that is made of cloud.She doesn’t understand the word blaxploitation.Her hair is egg shampoo. She doesn’t eat carrots.She prefers chicken instead. Her body is themountain light in summer. Her laughter is a bird,a horse, a…

After birth, what did she feel?I think Diane Arbus just took pictures of herselfHer own alienationDid she ever experience isolation?Loneliness, yes, loneliness?Did it devour herlike it devours me?What did she hunger for?What did she want to leave behind?As a woman, was she ever really loved by a man?Was the strange hypnotic beauty that she foundin…