Quiet Storm! by Adewale Sobowale

Like a tiger;With quiet anger!Stealthily and silently;Till it’s timely! Biding their timewith magazine smiles,frustrated they are,because they lack! Land of plenty;Many are thirsty,masses kwashiorkoredsince they lack nurture! Oblivious of mass suffering,few haves go partying!Our Rome is burning,powerful are fiddling! Who’ll prevent quiet stormfrom its snaky venom?Solution very pedestrian:Masses should dignity earn! @as 060125

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Fool’s gambit by Adewale Sobowale

Some uncouth fellow; opens their trap; says they to a k-legged; your load’s askew! Man, tired, famished, undernourished; in exasperation, replies, look at my physique! Babies in womb; if not in apparent denial, know most of our problems; stem from the roots! With situation unfounded; human lives scattered; we imbibe petulantly; fabulous absurdities! Deceits are our…

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A Manila Evening!

By Adewale Sobowale When a masquerader chases you, whip-clad: Just persevere as there’s no monopoly of fatigue: It happens to earthlings, just like extraterrestrials! There’s this peace, silence – graveyard-like! While few moneybags enjoy commonwealth! Poverty-ridden majority – live in squalor! Few escape into refugeedom! Majority attempt escaping, squalid life, organizing, mobilizing into groups fighting…

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