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The lamentation of a developing country ravaged by corruption, putting Nigeria into serious consideration

A ripe body of Adolescence, nuzzled by beauty on which hair is polished by crystals and sapphire but lacks in the garrison of virtues and patriotism becoming blind to the significance of its own felicity. So gullible is its owner, that Dorian Gray is her preferred suitor, so false are her choices like bringing Tilapia to Canada to strive. Protracted human disasters have not altered her Oestrus yet barren even with the plethora of fertile males she's an ignorant keeper and owner of a unique talisman causing a huge surveillance from selfish sugar daddies. In the midst of her turmoil, she stays ludic inflicted with so much pain but cry so rhapsodic. Swimming with the fast in pretentious avocation entertaining in self deceit, through every dulcet move. Well formed mouth without a beak and limbs with soft knees; her metamorphosis should be complete, yet a chrysalis she remains. A complete turnaround requires an economic Hasidism for the existing gross mediocrity to be evanescent then refined existence in juxtaposition between an idyllic present to a radiant future would be once again fully established.

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Date: 2/25/2016 11:01:00 PM
I find it abhorrent that this is not even an isolated instance...More media covered the bombing in U.K. than these atrocities...Thank you for beautifully humanizing the people who suffer with your deep write. P.S. I thank you for expanding my vocabulary!....peace, jill
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Funom Makama
Date: 3/13/2016 10:31:00 AM
Thank you so much Jill
Date: 2/25/2016 10:59:00 PM
Dearest Funom, Your write is so right on and current...The imagery you create with precision word choices makes me cringe... I am delighted you see hope. I believe that you pen an amazing reminder of one of the disgusting examples of the inhumanity still allowed to proceed in this day and age....Genocide, I so thought we (humans) were above this unfathomable, present day situations.
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Date: 3/13/2016 10:31:00 AM
You are so right Jill.... Thank you so much
Date: 1/28/2016 8:13:00 AM
There is a lot of strife there. Some of it has been caused by the mining of petroleum. The same things are happening here to some extent, but it is not well understood.
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Date: 1/28/2016 8:23:00 AM
Yes Duke... And it has brought us far behind instead of ahead... What an Irony. Thank you for your lovely comment

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