Due To

DUE TO...

Due to the loss of my parent
I couldn`t go to school

Due to my lack of Education and connection
I couldn`t get a good job

I work as a peasant hawker
Due to lack of money

I have no place to lay my head
For I am poor,due to wicked and egocentric leaders

I toil morning and night all but in vain
Due to lack of knowledge

I`m lean,fatigue with shaky legs
I walk the street in a drunken style
Due to malnutrition.

I have no wife,no children
I cannot afford to marry 
Due to joblessness and penury

I was arrested and jailed
Due to my stupidity
for carrying drugs and peddling.

Huuun!oh, God!I am due for death..
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Sweetheart Avatar
September 17, 2011 at 12:30 AM
Congrats Olusegun on another outstanding win luv.. honored to share place with u..
Johnson Avatar
September 15, 2011 at 11:50 PM
Wow I hope this isn't true but great writing. Congratulations. Joyce
Lucas Mcclure Avatar
September 13, 2011 at 8:43 PM
Congratulations on your win!!!=========Lori
Poet Avatar
September 13, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Very nice Olusegun..Congrats on your win.
Guzzi Avatar
September 13, 2011 at 1:12 PM
see !!! awinning poet! so happy for you congrad's light & love
Sweetheart Avatar
September 13, 2011 at 11:38 AM
CONGRATS OLUSEGUN ON YOUR BIG WIN FOR THIS EXCELLENT POETRY LUV...
Brown Avatar
September 13, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Congratulations on your win in Paula Swanson's "How Due You Dew" contest Olusegun. Love,Carol
Williams Avatar
September 13, 2011 at 4:16 AM
hey Olusequn congrats on your win..David
Guzzi Avatar
September 10, 2011 at 2:20 PM
so true and too often..the powerful take the bounty of the earth and in greed they never seem to have enough..gluttony..YOU are educated and you write very well [4th word line 1 loss] light & love
Arowolo Avatar
September 10, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Thanks,Debbie for your comment and for detecting the typo...stay blessed.....
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