Koffi B Sossou Poems

Why couldn't English be easy?
Even the great poet Edwards complained about it
Why couldn't English be easy?
[He] could be she
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Gangsters use it to commit murder and regret after
Never can you control your sense when you hold a bottle
Arouses in you, a spirit of a dramatic battle
Sober up to become a patriotic fighter
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And I wonder why
I still wonder why so many Richard Corys?
Pure and happy soul they may say;
Wealthy and privileged they sing
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I praise your bitterness

Father of suicide
I celebrate your cruelty
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Peace, who are you, where are you?
My grandpa fought in World War I and II
In search of Peace
The war was over
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You were deathly ill and grew bonier and bonier
Almost deaf and dumb, and could only mime
and I thought it was a dream
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I woke up this morning with rays of sunlight through my window
As I was going to work,
There was no tall building to block the sunshine
The wonderful rays penetrated my skin
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They were all looking forward to my birth on Monday
But my time hadn't come yet
So on, my mother suffered
Through pain, and uneasiness
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Je veux être le cheval qui laisse des traces remarquables au passage
L'heureuse peste au cœur de l'humanité sans ravage
Le soleil ravissant sur le toit du gentil et du méchant
La merveilleuse lune qui éclaire les horizons au couchant
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Here sex is free and a mess
Here promiscuity is in process
Here infidelity is in progress
One in, a thousand outside, it is madness
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