THE DESTROYER OF PLEASURES
THE DESTROYER OF PLEASURES 12-10-2014 [DEDICATED TO SANDA TAIWO] Today, I went to the Hall of Teddar To get two breads and perhaps pure-water The young-lad I met …
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OBSEQUIES
OBSEQUIES (…for the 1st of October.) When shall the guns be sounded? When shall we rip the skies open? With over-ripened voices of our elegies… When shall the guns …
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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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