Insults

Utterances offering the wrong ideas
Like murder-planning spears:
To their recipient an enough sting
But to the source songs to freely sing

The seventy-two teeth of crocodile,
Together jammed and survival is for a while;
Participating voices ascending mountain tops
Like they are sure there should be no stops;
Their height a far cry from teaks;
Path the resonating bellows and laughable squeaks

A rivalry of cacophony
And festival of polyphony;
Rude demonstrations of rude interruptions
And recreation of volcanic eruptions.

A contradiction of the other voice is a goal,
The longing for it, down the soul;
The gentle questions for trickery,
The applauding hands from mockery.

Insults first fruits are slaps unendurable,
Their predictable lasts, blows unmanageable.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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June 15, 2021 at 10:56 AM
As Silent One said, no need for hatred. God gave us life and we all are made in his image. LOVE needs to be the word carried out, but some just don't want to see or hear it. Great write, Chinedum.
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October 14, 2020 at 5:55 AM
No need for such hatred, you described it very well...
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October 15, 2020 at 1:13 AM
That was a most complimentary thing to say about ' insults '. I had intended ' The Descriptive ' in it's lines. Quadruple thanks!
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