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Jun 23, 2009
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the chaff
it is my heart that scatters all about
but she ate me when i was the bean
now i am seeming of irrelevance-
because a chaff has no futher use
she spied , and saw the bean underneath
then she tore me apart in alledged affection
but when she was through nibbling the core
she packed the chaff in pieces-then flung it
now each discrete bit that lands
was a part of my heart in her hand
but all that mattered she had devoured-
there was nothing left of me than the chaff
but she ate me when i was the bean
now i am seeming of irrelevance-
because a chaff has no futher use
she spied , and saw the bean underneath
then she tore me apart in alledged affection
but when she was through nibbling the core
she packed the chaff in pieces-then flung it
now each discrete bit that lands
was a part of my heart in her hand
but all that mattered she had devoured-
there was nothing left of me than the chaff
— emeka ozurumba, Jun 23, 2009
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16 years 11 months ago
I think this could be tightened up a little.