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Can we sing the lullabies as we sail down River Memory; tickle the armpit of Venus, play like baby’s first day out ride the arch of rainbow splashing its colors.…More
Monki, my friend You are special Since I have been walking My whole wide world walk You display every lineament Lineaments of incivility Idiosyncrasies of the bush people To fathom…More
When belly goes Choir everyday how does a man think free? To chomp – begs on another’s mercy How will he wheel his will? Auction the soul goes…More
Those who made the world smile would never die unsung their hand-prints shall eternally gladden the sky… Those who made the world smooth would never depart in silence…More
Even when themoving eyes Effect theircoyness of denial The watching moonwas my witness The scorching sunalso autographed The sweeping rainleft uncertain scars The scattering winggarnered nothing From…More
In my head butterflies sing of birth reality snaps it to a stillbirth. 9 months in belly, few seconds to life ousted its verve. God! They infiltrate dreams; to a…More
Belly crys, head aches
a jobless tomorrow, no pay…
grateful am alive; how do I survive?
Say she doesn't understand my poetry the rhyme scheme it seems bled out of the pen so I made out with spoken words sweet and fresh out like juice from…More
Jam packed loggerhead rumbled tumultous echoes of dreams wailing yelling hooting in their different colours corners owners hustling,bustling rustling,wrestling down the streets hits,defeat in heat… to eatMore