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»Between a rock and a concrete surface«

Aug 17, 2011

Reader, I need your advice on this / For when I sleep, sleep won't come heather / The wages of my sins torment me day and night / The decisions sometimes we make come back to haunt us. / / Love, hate, beauty, greed, and all, the line is too thin. / Am I or am I not, to be or not to be/ / I think I have…  sign in to read more »


»Yondering mind«

Jul 22, 2010

Forgive this my people / It's the kick of a toddler / Full of sound and fury / But to little effect / / Wonder I how Africans are are Africans in Africa / Land of plenty of wealth / How can we be a people of extremes / Dark, poor, dull, rich in resouces / As they would say...poor at home and dull at school…  sign in to read more »


»To Zviko«

Jul 20, 2010

Conceived you were in harsh times / Fighting and screaming often times / Your mother, like a brainless chicken / Confused and chased by a kitten / Yet stuck in there you made it! / / First cock crow, you broke the waters / The waters that freed you to a new beginning / A new beginning of hell on this earth…  sign in to read more »


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