Amare Abebe

'I love you once, I love you twice,
More than beans and rice.'
I love you now, I'll love you later,
More than wine and water.
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A weapon for the wealthy kind
To rule the world by pocket might
A miserly soul’s day-long dream
To avoid squatting the road at night;
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Love and I, I thought we were
Common nemeses of hate,
Love left out of the window
When I came in through the gate.
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Shine at night as at day, little star,
Send me your lively spark;
Twinkle for me near and far,
So I won't be kept in the dark.
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I take solace in you when I am sick,
When the future of my life seems bleak;
I consult you when confused,
When 'right' and 'wrong' seem abused;
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There is this gene in all of us
That makes us a human kind,
And yet exists this unknown force
That divides us all than bind...
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