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Chika Nwokeoma Poems
- The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet... My lover left me for my ...
- The What’s And Ifs Of An Angel It was on a Friday night, ...
- The Unemployed It was dark when I got home Back from another...
- Antithesis As I open the book to search for the meaning of ...
- Gone Young I stopped for some minutes Looked away from my ...
- At The Cross Road... After years of threading and seeking I ...
- The Routine… Today is Saturday Tomorrow will be Sunday The ...
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The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
My lover left me
for my boss who drives a Mercedes.
Here I sat in silence
loaded with sadness;
‘nna*…'the beautiful ones are not yet born'
my Ma said.
The thought of an ant wanting to wrestle an elephant...
that's madness.
I drive a VW tortoise-like car
left for me by my dad
left for him by his dad
and a large Standard English dictionary,
that spelt out life and death…
...that was all I got.
I decide to save for a Mercedes
Saved in a bank, in socks, piggy money box, under the carpet...
Saved into the fifth month of the second ...
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