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LAST DAYS

Isn’t it funny how everything becomes urgent only when you have little time to do them?  Think about it. That last project you stayed up all night to complete, only because you had a deadline to beat the next day.  Having just two years to live feels the exact same...

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Wings

Even though it was raining cats and dogs outside, he still heard the knocking on his door. That's how loud and insistent the person was. He tried to take a look at who it was through the peephole but it was too dark to make anything or anyone out. Nobody visited him...

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RECOMPENSE

They tossed them out of moving cars And quenched them with ease like cigars, Like water sachets with reckless abandon They cared not to notice or mention Our ideas, our passion and dreams And would not listen to the voice of reason. They did not consider the future...

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Haunted

He gave me an evil look. It was down the road to Suleja; through green and yellow corn fields. The shimmering sun cast her smile upon Zuma rock lighting up those two deep holes. Her shadow looked more beautiful than ever. I was lost in wonder. How blessed it would be...

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Irony of hope

The Irony of Hope There are many stories untold. Because of the power they hold. These tales are truths suppressed. That it may never free the oppressed. Lies painted beautiful, appeasing like libation. Citizens filled with pain and dereliction. They're left with...

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Love Is The Religion

Love Is The Religion They know love is the Religion. They know love is the ammunition for false affiliation. They despised its acclamation and joyfully embraced abomination. They understood love is an acceleration but they chose to align with affliction. They know...

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Nomadic Eyes

Nomadic eyes  Our skins seemed like sincere apologies of burnt victims A lifetime of not crying Tainted wombs that birthed fatherless royalties Kids who spend their lives searching for homes in isolated streets Deaf to her voice calling them back They are foreign to...

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Growing Pains by Barakat Akinsiku

A city’s push towards modernization creates a problem - a backlash on the urban poor who struggle daily to eke out a living. Asmau Baba straddles rather impatiently her fourteen-month old daughter to her back as she stands guard over a large basket of unripe plantain...

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