akachukwu chukwuemeka ( akabeks) Poems

Like waifs and strays,
They roam the streets with naked emotions.
Dirty, hungry and ambitious,
They prowl the neighbourhood
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What we are, we are.
What we are not, we are not.

What we are not and would be,
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The Republican, McCain
Slowed down the game
When Gustav the Hurricane
Raised its cane,
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So understanding you are
For trouble to lie untouched,
Maturity you show when
Trivial gossips are cannoned against you.
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Woman is earth.
The earth is the female, the sky, the male.
The rain is the semen that nourishes the
Womb; and, the warm sunshine is the orgasm.
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A sudden slashing of the fresh air
With foul odour of our abdominal rejects
When sleep has reached a snoring pitch
Always announces the presence of this
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There’s a wound in our head,
Inflicted by colonization, deepened by civil war,
Abandoned to decay,
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Too much simplicity,
They take you for granted,
Too much kindness,
They take you for a fool,
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Among the elites they dwell,
Offering cows to the chief priests on Saturdays,
And tithes on Sunday they pay.
They wear feathered caps and walk like
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Say something tonight, midnight caller,
The call is free so the provider says. The windy shower calmed
The weather setting the mood longing for a chat,
A cool midnight chat.
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