Moses Kainwo Poems

Out of sheer love
In the desert of love play
How can I say I love you
And go Scot-free
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God is my greatest Poet
Because
He nearly bursts my eardrums
When He drums the words
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Punches thrown for man and country
Punches gotten for man and woman
What they did we did in Amistad
Yes… punches… for women and children
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I am that child—Papa’s child.
With no home—Papa’s good as dead.
On bare feet—the only shoes I know,
And bare back—Mama’s gift of clothes.
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can you kill me

tear my flesh apart
smash my brain out
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Papa wore his hats in shades:
Black hat on black suit,
Brown hat on brown suit;
You name the suit,
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God protect me from myself
The cliff of my ignorance
Pretends joy beyond the edge
But I see the dangerous cracks
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Matatu time is vague;
So is the plane’s,
So is the train’s.
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From the crammed crypt to the script
A new sun has shone on me
It is the Son from Sonzone
And He says come work with me
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