Nweke Emmanuel

In the ocean shore
On that great federal eve
There they saw
And like a weird arch image there he sits
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Rose's Birthday
Octobre 29th
Le matin ou la nuit
On a vu la lumière
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Listen, oh! Soldier of Christ - Look and you will see
The time is near - when people rejoice in woe
But who have seen - what we have seen
And rejoice at the dawn of life?
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I shouted as he went down the way
Wohin gehst du, friar Monk?
And he turned without delay
Never mind! He said.
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I am in love with Anna Moore
The late daughter of late John Moore
Now and before -
She ceased to be no more
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I thought the drum will cease to beat
Just as Brutus thought of it
When the breeze dry the heat
And my conscience cease to breath
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Cold!
It is
Like another
We liked it then
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Like a square peg in a round hole
I fixed amidst the tumultuous crowd
Trying to fit all round
Dancing in imitation of what I see
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PROLOGUE:

Far across the craggy rock
Where shepherds once grazed their flock
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Our faces have been marked by the scars of suffering
Our lives wasted in toil
Our beings consumed in the offerings
Yet... the gods say nothing
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Sing for me Silva - sing
A sweet song that will make me dance
That will trigger the inner passions of my soul
And let it flow like a running stream
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It was her 18th birthday
And I told her
I will write her a poem
Describing how beautiful she was
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You will be told
When you get there (I know)

But there and here it is
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Her scarf, lightly on her hair
Her gown, flowing down the chair
As her hearth set forth in gratitude
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Walking under the rain
Was the first day I saw him
I thought I saw the pain
Written all over the stranger.
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PROLOGUE
Not now but then
This thing in the life of men
May be asked - why and when?
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Freitag- funf nach halb neun
Early in late October
I wish but can't remember
Nineteen-seventy-five
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When you told me it was two weeks to the time
I smiled because my fears were calmed
But now here I am
Till now I cannot understand
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Behold your best friend
Someone you ever thought of
Will one day bewilder you
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Life is an illusion?
No- not illusion
Life is suspense
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