Stephen Kekeghe Poems

Master, if yesterday was dead,
I could still remember how I folded my knees
On the mocking face of the sand
To wash your filthy feet
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I poked around dreams:

In a dream,
A poignant pauper poleaxed
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I know one day, they will hear my voice
From this thorn-filled wasteland
That I stride across wearily,
The biting scourge of the sun
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We undress our topsoil
While beetles erupt our tuber beds.
The leeches on the stool
Sucking the nature oil
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In the night,
If you walk through
This soggy street
Where virtuous spirits
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I dance to this arena
Crooning the chants
Of yesterday’s storm
And tomorrow’s harvest
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In a filthy world
We toil….
Toil…
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What are they bokoharamming?
If religion thrives salvation
Why do they engage in cannibalistic rampage
To salvage it?
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MEND was birthed to mend the injustice
That crossed our path.
The injustice of the dispossessed…
So, so they tell us!
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My heart froze
the golden glimmers of the moon
slept behind the terrifying garment
of the coven cloud.
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