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When the Deed Is Done

WHEN THE DEED IS DONE TIME OF THOUGHT: LOST DATE OF THOUGHT: 21/11/2010 OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF- Nativepen Was anyone around then? Was there no one to caution? When the deed is been done Was there a person,was there no one? I wonder where? All the wise one have gone to When the deed was done When was the deed done? Was it done at night? Was it in the morning? Or broad noon day? I still wonder when I wonder if the moon was aware And the glowing star When all was done Deep in the flesh it has passed Before we realised Down in the bone it has penetrated What a pity Oh! the deed has been done What a decay What a ruin Hmm, who are to pay What can we say? When the keepers Were found sleeping What else can we say? When they are the say That heaven will fall Is not one's problem All of us will pay What can we say then? When the wise men are ignored When the eyes of the watcher Have been trampled on And the strength of the strong ones Have been quenched with threat The deed is fast spread The impact kills gradually Yet solution is yet known The deed has been done Remedy! Remedy!Remedy! We all cry for Restoration ! Restoration! Our land cries for

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