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Grief The orbital between a bleeding heart & watery eyesis like the affair between day & night. The former is the aftermath of the later.There are moments that bring you to…More
Awo OlugbebeConversations with Tope Mark The stretched handsfolded fingers into a collectivethat birthed my great-grandfatherCannot be refusedIt is like a witness to anger in the presence of the oldBut here…More
Bewilderedness there are days you wander in between trunks of trees in the darkest forest imbedded in your veins. you wished plucking your two lens out of their sockets; wanting…More
Light and Darkness I’ve gotten you a tomb surrounded by twenty one flowers – Anonymous. (I) I am a demon fallen in love with an angel. Ha! Hii! Ho! While…More
Upon the Still Waters of the Niger, I Wrote This i am trapped in an influx of gaseous watersa rhythmic trombone writhes me into transparency& glow is a myth, so…More
Walk through this with Me My father loves better when he is drunk and my mother seizes the moment with her hands and body. We are in the living room…More
A Study of Our Madnesssometimes it becomes difficult to tell the difference between my mind and a townhouse burning to the ground maybe /to be mad//is just another name/ for…More
once I launched myself to space in search desperately of something anything to hold on to. it was a bit like robert son of kelly wailing begging desperate hugs from…More
How we got here how many wonders have you heard about in your life time / the Noah’s flood / the miracles of Jesus or / the tea pot that…More