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Edna Sweetlove Nov 16, 2019

St Obesita's Is Calling You

In long gone olden days, Christians used to scourge themselves
And crawl around desperately on bloodied knees to prove their faith
Or they'd fast and not eat their four square meals (plus snacks) a day
But there's no need for that nowadays; self-denial is so 20th century.

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Umeh Collins Ebube Nov 16, 2019

• War and Crime •

There was a country
Where the sun often smiles,
Where peace and unity reigns,
Where hope leads the people to a great future,
But something happened one day.
And it started from our home
That the sun could not beam its face with smiles again.
It disappeared and reappeared in a black garment.
Now the peace and unity has taken to their shells, like the wise tortoise.

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lovedly Nov 15, 2019

Last Night

Every time
I feel it's last night

they help me with
sea dishes
full of delight

my system packs up
ere its sunlight

I ask myself
where has it gone

what
Last Night

take delight me is still
A
L
I
V
E

for another
LAST
NIGHT

no rage
no fright
it may again
not be my last
what
damn
night

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Geezer Nov 15, 2019

Royalty...

Her purple-dyed faux fur jacket
made her look like one of those
lucky rabbit feet on a chain

Oblivious to the stares
she strutted her stuff
in her Uggs and Lapland ear-muffed hat

Eyes glazed in shopping mode
she ran rampant through her list
wrestling her credit to the ground

Elbows bloodied from making way in the crowds
she's good with her social-conscience
she refrains from kicking them when they are down

T
ThisIsMe Nov 15, 2019

I

In a world full of sorrow, 

I will be the light

In a place full of wrongs

I will make it right

When everyone is blind

I’ll keep my precious sight

And hold on ‘till tomorrow

Through troubled day to calming night

 

Something tells me that this ship 

Will not win its final fight

But we pray to distant gods 

That everything will be alright 

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zanieike Nov 15, 2019

Endless love

The spark that lit my hope
Providing a nimbus glow to my soul.
A friend in a dark place,
Guiding my path and protecting me
from the traps of my enemies

Droplets of your affection
Could fill the hole in my broken heart
Overflowing with happiness,
Cascading with joy,
And dispersing traces of depression in me

A shining star in my life,
You show me the light
At the end of the tunnel,
Your words are rare gems to me
Each meant to show me the road to success.