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What Happened, to Me? I miss the daysWhen I’d play soccer with my sisters& run around playing in the choicest mud. I miss the daysWhen I’d worry less about how…More
Spins Are Headlights at Night nothing is blurred & fast sped – close your eyes. this is not how you spin not with outspread arms & after falls – there’s…More
A letter from my dairy What sound does the space between two words make // as I breathe you in and you become sand in my throat / a mist…More
Song of Nights for those who have been in the war ido not allow your body beg to be taken out or shaken into your throat you will have to…More
Definition of a Body When asked how to define a body in the language of humans, i tell them a body is a tower plastered with lying coloursIt is when…More
The Boy Grew There was a boyHe ate peaches for breakfast He sang with the birdsHe ran with cheetahsClimbed trees with monkeys Lying on grass fieldsHe fell asleep gazing at…More
In this chaos called my body Grief is the mother of all voyages – Romeo Oriogun I hang my head in a cloud of nostalgia. often, i find myself attempting…More
There Are More / No Beautiful Things Than Chantal(After reading: 1st John 4:18) I On the other hand / you…More
bonfire tonight, we are gods re-entering the realm of moans/our breaths hitched/ your fingers savouring redemption beneath me/ i moan in blues/ All time low is breaking the speakers/ you…More