Francis Kokutse Poems

l heard clearly the roar
because it was not far from where l stood
that was before l woke up from my sleep.
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We have cried till our tear ducts bleed,
We have looked and not found;
Yet we soldiered on hoping
Until it happened where we all did not noticed.
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the stars that brighten the blue skies
at nightfall,
sings me a song that;
this is a wonderful world.
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This Earth, My Brother has gone mad
Because the world we live in now
Has been turned upside down
Like a respected Henor singing
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Did not your fathers before your father
leave a tale in your household?
Did you not ever have any relation
to guide you, children who come from
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My village is long gone;
The Koko seller drops a cube of sugar and charges you for two;
The carpenter charges you for things he does not need for your roof;
The husband cheats and the wife retaliates in like many;
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The less is stealing,
So is the much.
As for the more,
They steal the more
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It is not the engulfing darkness that l fear;
I do not worry about Kpormebgbe's household;
And l have no problem with the snakes on grandma's farm.
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I have heard all,
Seen all there is
And above all, said all.
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Pray ye all;
that,l do not go
before you all
to that yonder country
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