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Remember the Street

Remember the street is a dryeR Easing out fears into a flat pastE Memories may be seen as an imaM Entering into convenant with hastE Minding the time he coiled on kiliM Beauties of the street are folded like bulb Entertaining the earth like lonely artistE Remember the street made you a fatheR Thinking for yourself & it's tough distincT House yourself in it bossom like tooth in MoutH Even if stumbling stones retaliatE Stand to those fragments of those beliefS Tilting down your muse towards prominenT Remember where you started to roaR Elaborating your strength to keep calm voicE Eagerness is a blood dripping into languagE Through which the ghetto name a streeT. Yours Poetically, ©John Chizoba Vincent

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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