Chibueze Oscar Osuji Poems

HAVE you seen babies cry? -a world they'll miss,
Alas! how they cheerish their unborn state;
Their cries, untarnish'd by motherly kiss,
Her breasts they'll suckle with rage for their hate;
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Cast your bearing south of Africa's map
Do not mask the hole been gash'd at the south;
A great man sprunt forth unto his last lap,
Cry O' Africa! Wail with your brown mouth;
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RUBICON CROSSING

So long I'll be gone, so long disappear'd
Vapourize from you, our love has been shear'd,
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The old gods fell-inclining boom
Down with the loudest sound;
End of era-defining doom,
Split pieces on the ground.
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Street light will be taking me home
If moonlight do not show,
Various bulbs will twinkle an ohm;
I'll watch them as they glow.
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FORGIVING SOLITUDE

Solitude is wrongful let my tears shed
Cry of loneliness, for I can not bear
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Is today's joy, morrow's grief?
V'ry acc'rate is my belief;
Today is fond, morrow lies unknown.
Today will go by midnight
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Don't pretend again, I am not human
Let me travel far to the woods this night,
It will be dreadful to love me woman.
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Old grand miser dazzle above in pride,
All bags of gold and silver he will hide
In his wretched home, where no one will pry;
Neither garments nor shoes he'll therefore buy
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'Tis time the aqueous ink turns colour red
Rub xylems from the liquid of the dead:
What colour does it bring?
From that goring spring.
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