Straitjacket! – Adewale Sobowale

I protest conventionRefuse to be prisonedBy societal idealsNot necessarily ideal! Believing more than ChristAt Christmas!Giving to the poorShould be everyday! At turn of new yearTurn I a new leafFor few minutesThen resumeMy old waysWhich is always! Society has set dateFor Christ’s deathAfter EasterOne can withdrawFor a yearCommitting all crimes! On Valentine’sWe’ll findLost loveTurn to lustVery…

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After fifty! by Charles Gondoso

Photo credit: Hodges Figgis After fifty, the body stops sending polite emails and begins issuing official memos. You wake up one morning and discover that your knees now have opinions. Your back has started keeping records. Your blood pressure has developed ambitions. Somewhere inside you, cholesterol is quietly building a retirement home along your arteries…

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