The Year of Rats
...2020 is the year of lassa fever
Or the year of rats as I've heard somewhere,
For as innocent as they might seem They are now reservoirs,
Of these dreaded virus Causing lassa fever
That has spre...
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Categories:
lassa, 11th grade, africa, black
Form: Prose
Bleeding Heart
...BLEEDING HEART
Whose blood is this that waste
Like the water from a mistaken
Open tap?
Oh Romeo of our ages!
Why hath this befallen me?
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You vow to be my ever lover
And i place you in...
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Categories:
lassa, absence, betrayal, , memorial,
Form: Lyric
What Has Become of Nigeria
...What has become of Nigeria?
What has become of my countryhome?
What has become of those children littered there?
Is everyone there still alive or all are dead of lassa?
What has become of her eco...
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Categories:
lassa, africa, art,
Form: Blank verse
A Far Cry From Nigeria
...Help!
Help!!
Help!!!
Save our souls!
We are dying of lassa disease
And they told us it is a lesson to learn.
We are been shut up by boko Haram
And they smile on their white chairs and
Told ...
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Categories:
lassa, art,
Form: Blank verse
Confused
...A
Alas! I`m in a
confused state,
As I wonder in
perpetual
restlessness
B
Bind by different
thoughts that are
not mine,
I keep remembering
the good old days
C
Caught in the middle
of f...
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Categories:
lassa, corruption, emotions, life,
Form: Abecedarian
Epic: Twained This Battle
...Obsolescent parasites; gathering as dae's whirlwind swirling about: kyklos...
His child's decaying flesh: Insecticide's, repelling incubus bloodlines ? Fa chancre
Paris green tremulous their queue; l...
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Categories:
lassa, baby, baptism, love,
Form: I do not know?
His Grace
...I wander in the wilderness of confusion,
Stagger along the street of unemployment,
yet,I float like the hyacinth on aqua;
found solace in HIS Grace.
When I thought I had no one and nothing,
wishing f...
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Categories:
lassa, faith, life,
Form: Free verse