The Battle
The wind had sang pass and the excited feathers had left the fowl’s anus wide open Has the battle been lost? True, our brothers had deserted us at the middle …
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An Ode to the Complainers, Complaints and Complaining
By Ajakaye Bashir And so what? What if we choose to complain all our lives? Do you know if that is the 21st century surest path to success? What took …
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Lost I ‘Your body is the temple of God’, he bellowed But the anxious blind eyes were fixed on the large gold rim wall clock ‘Joseph was a good example’ …
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(Dedicated to all who have tasted motherhood) I wandered off A search for truth and light To the place where the river of truth flushes lies I found it bathing …
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I will never tell you How the beggars will come to you With their heads facing downwards Like the repentant prodigal One hand behind their backs The other stretched …
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