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Mother is pregnant with a sixth child and gives birth to a girl again.
Father drinks himself blank in the backyard,
Imagine an air filled blue balloon,
chased by a little girl
reciting rhymes in glee
… and I saw a new heaven and a new earth
for the first heaven and the first earth
had passed away
Barricades What it means when a man falls from the sky. Lesley Nneka What shall I render unto you /this burnt body /I meant offering/sorry what difference does it make…More
i Music: How uncle sings quietly every night in my room. ii Hate: The look in aunt’s eyes directed at me. ‘Wicked child, You do not seduce your elders’ she…More
love is guilty of the things I’ve done;
the things I wish for;
the things I’ve been through.
There’s a fountain that gives love where light and darkness collide The dreams of giant edifice on the streams of unending smile Like logging off from signals filled with handwritings…More
a promise will be broken
an unsung poem will be etched
on the shores of time
ripe sorrows will flirt with grieving lines
unfinished lovelorn will float
In an overcrowded class
I found a friend who smiles, always
Her smile, enough to lighten my day
A shield from the draining sun