by Ayo Adedapo
Published on: Aug 12, 2006
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Type: Poetry

Before my death
I have this to say:
Man's riches gather
When he exploits, extorts
And neglects the suffering.

Vision for the self
Is lubricant for vices;
Vices accomplices of evil
Whose abundance
Pullulate profane power,
As symbols of frailties
And spirituality of vanities.

Only looters and murderers--
Be they prisoners or free men
Enjoy the cannister of
Collective carnage
And hope in the boom
Of projects that import
Selfish survival, or sectional
F u f i l l m e n t.

Power and impuissance;
Oppulence and poverty;
Wisdom and nitwisdom;
Matyrdom and heroism;
Holliness and unrighteousness;
Weigh worse than perfidy,
If unaccompanied by kindness!

"KINDESS ALONE SHALL SAVE THE WORLD IN THE END!"

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