Kengs Mettalic Bangles
...It was Jazba and lots of Chewed Khat
That saw me enter an altercation
With them boys in blue add a rivally
Between service men and Guradians
The sworn rivally the had just crossed
The thin blue...
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Categories:
khat, allusion, humanity, introspection, meaningful,
Form: Blank verse
A Bleak City
...They know every word from the Good Book,
but that doesn’t stop them from being hooked
to all kinds of mess.
A driver hits a pedestrian in broad daylight,
and blames it on the chewing of khat.
St...
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Categories:
khat, africa, corruption, imagery, life,
Form: Free verse
Roy and the Sign of Nabii Jonah
...He is sworn in holding a branch
Cut from the tree of life and a vine
That's sacred he swears to protect
His people the tree and the vine
He swears by the sacred abode
Shortly afterwards he get...
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Categories:
khat, africa, allusion, mystery, religious,
Form: Narrative
Death Cry
...DEATH CRY
When I die
Don’t bother to cry
If tears trickle freely just wipe them dry
All you’ll do is sigh
And tell youselves”just another life gone by”
For this life am living ain’t worth a housefly...
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Categories:
khat, death, life, life,
Form: ABC
Catha Edulis
...This flowering plant
Releases stimulants when
Chewed, its called Khat
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature-7.php...
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Categories:
khat, nature
Form: Haiku