You say I walk faster than my shadow
And why not
There are too many shadows in Africa
Gloom, defeat, despair
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This is a tale of two birds
Sitting on the wall;
One was not named Peter,
Even if the other was Paul.
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See him approach
In his cragly wag
His silent trumpeting
Of poverty.
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Dark heart and a hurt head
There is disappointment in my soul
I groan in tired dissipation
As melancholy hems me in
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There has been disaster late
In the vast Asian estate
Groups and people now donate
Steady they Tsunami's fate
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Shadows stalk by our wall
Tracing a frame of me and my brother
As we sit side by side
On the corridor
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He was his mother's son
Before he joined the army;
He who joins the army
Has no mother.
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Oil is like gold
Similar hue
Not at all blue
Both can be cold
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Jesus looks at Nigeria
As once he beheld the leper
He asks the historic quiz
Wilt thou be made whole?
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It is middle May
And the sky is in a mood
Crying everyday -
What is this all about!
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