John Sensele Poems

Hurtled headlong into the poverty pool
Where whips spun me into a horror hoop
From which daily I strive to eke out a living
Christianity dictates precedes forgiving
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Over the years we came through
Negotiating a patchy path where a clue
Beckoned a new start
Heeding advice to grow smart
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St Francis de Sales College
The ivory tower of erudition
Moulds minds into a new cognitive edition
Immersing them into blooms of knowledge
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I broke the jinx of my Mathematics phobia at midnight
When I figured out timid tactics I adopted all along
Conflating square and rectangle in the oblong
I drew to cast the paucity of understanding in the night
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Throbs of pain in my head
Thoughts of you in brownian motion in my mind
I pine and pine but sleep I can't find
Till Cupid's arrows at long last let go of my bed
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From gangling ghettoes
We emerge and surge
Groaning and mourning in our dirge
Blisters of poverty butcher toes
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Two elephants in bloom
Spell for humankind a disaster
Acting rashly in their cluster
Spewing on human nature gloom
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The unforgettable fire in my heart rages
Flames of love swirling and curling
When in sheer splendour love flags unfurling
Burning to cinder all doubt and pout pages
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Moods wreak havock by the swing life's pendulums undergo
For in one extreme, moods elevated excitement they arouse
As in the other extreme moods affability, amiability and cordiality chords they douse
Deflating egos and Dagos when souls of parties moods dampen in a cargo
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For a few bucks, I get my assignments written in another college
Where a mercenary eats my bribe
Expanding exponentially my corrupt tribe
As by hook and crook I enjoy a purloined privilege
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