Chibueze Oscar Osuji Poems

TRUTH: 'Tis of an un-ending means to know
Where the greying truth had tarried to go,
Methink th' prize of truth-telling is extinct
Faded back-wardly in mankind's precinct,
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When the caverns absorb the black chromate
Of the sphere that float roundabout the wind,
Hushing its wavy path, in the night's fate;
Hither, thither the galagos' wail b'hind,
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Two friends had sat lonely along-
The tavern liquid sprinkled floor
There they were humming an old song,
One was rich and the other poor,
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Hark! Ye sinnerman to saint-hood
In the world at large and cities,
Man in-need of a common good
Free from sin and atrocities.
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PROLOGUE

Here, comely to Christ our lament
Lots of love in whom we belove
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The song of songs for Solomon to own
Let him plant the kiss's from his mouth on me
Your love sweet'r than wine, your savor is known
T' be good ointment as your name is to be;
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Curtain falls 'pon mankind, whom e'en hath bleat
Stubbornly on halo lights of a stage,
So we come afore play victors or doom
What do we care? We r'cite our trembling scenes;
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In respect to the grand love birds, I greet
Watching them thro' whilst they glide place to place;
If time herself is meek for us to meet
The f'llowing words will I say face to face:
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With shortage time, beseech the spinning clock
Why mankind in terms about love are surprise
To know whom our hearts fell for? 'Tis a shock
In finding whom the fellow is oth'rwise.
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When the birds hover up in cheers
Mimicking sounds of trumpeteers,
Sing my arrival to my peers
In th' old tavern staling with beers-
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