by Henry Ekwuruke | |
Published on: Jul 18, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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While undulating along in agony forest Her face stood like a stroll for my mystery Perhaps the shocks of ecstasy prevailed Even to the hunger towns by the seaside Homo Sapiens in the coat of habilis Species yet to evolve in ancestral shape Guided by the rules of natural selection Competition does call at lest for rest The drums overwhelm the guns By the taxes and rumours, the looters... Hath dreams long forgotten by the desert The epilogue of the long torment unleashed! Yet we understood the prologue that comes Harvest is no blessing without markets! Their shoes crashed like a wayside rose This journey ended in dark rain-clouds And the wings of the bird broken We needed to shout, Hallelujah But what is the need in our state? Perhaps trapped by the civilization war without end. « return. |