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Make a Life Worth Living

TRIBUTE TO ALL OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES THE SWIFT LOYAL SERVANT KNOCKS FROM THE CORNERS OF THE SLUMS UP TO THE STREETS OF THE METROPOLISES STRANGLING THE STRONG AMONGST US CHOCKING THE OLD AND ROARING AT INFANTS TILL THEY CEASE TO BREATHE CALL YOUR OLD AND NEW FRIENDS FORGIVE YOUR FOES OF LONG AGE HUG YOUR PARENTS AND MELT OUT A SMILE TEXT COUSINS AND KNOCK ON NEBOR'S DOOR REACH OUT TO YOUR SIBLINGS OFTEN CELEBRATE FRIENDS ON THEIR SPECIAL DAYS GET COOKIES FOR YOUR KIDS BUY A ROSE FOR YOUR SPOUSE EAT AND DRESS WELL WHOEVER LEAVES FIRST AMONG US JUST LEAVE A GOOD MEMORY FOR THOSE BEHIND THE JOURNEY INTO TOMORROW MAY NOT COME THAT IS IF THE CLOCK DOESN'T STOP TODAY WHILE HERE MAKING A LIVING DON'T FORGET TO MAKE LIFE FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS THE DREADED AGENT MAY VISIT SOON HE IS A LOYAL SERVANT OF OUR MASTER CONCEPTUAL FM

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Date: 10/31/2020 8:11:00 PM
Olifemi, Congratulations on having produced such a universal and touching poem. So many apt wise pieces of advice, easy to forget in the ruptured structure of society. Very glad I accessed your sensibility.
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Olufemi Oloye
Date: 11/1/2020 11:53:00 PM
I am in deed grateful for the feedback. Thanks for taking time to go through this piece. We need to make the world a better place for us to live.

Book: Shattered Sighs