Long No go Poems

In the greatness of heavens realm there are many chapters of angels
Arch Angel Micheal the great warrior, Arch Angel Gabriel the great
messenger, Angels who tabulate, Angels who sing, Angels who watch
and for Earth the most...

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"Slow Gin and Astral Conversations"



A maze me?

I’m the architect 
of my own destiny
he beguiled her 
incessantly 
from the depths of 
his bottled up Carceri
she knew him 
before he became 
a complex 
well-hidden 
Piranesi
twixt your world
and...

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Santa's Magic Mask
Santa got a letter
From a young boy in Duluth
Will there be a Christmas
Say, it's not the truth

We heard that you aren't coming
This virus is real bad
Folks say there'll be no Christmas
And Santa, I'm...

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September  2017 continues:

Damian was preparing to leave his
Girlfriend's house. Damian said,
His farewell. Then left the Giovanni 
Premises. Meanwhile the Hakim
Family uncles included, concocted a
Crucial crucible plan to get a grip 
On the Damian conundrum....

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I got a text from one of my professors yesterday saying, ‘Please stop by my office at 6 pm tomorrow.’ It didn’t say why. This was the first day after November recess, had I missed...

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You are now about to witness my lack of street knowledge
Straight outta lockdown,
lazy brother named THE DUDE
Formed a gang called diggers With Altitudes
Work is called off, I got a paid off
Strains getting quicker, and bodies...

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After amala and ewedu,
And after the round two of egusi and fufu.
Na im my eyes come dey pinch me,
Small small i dey close am.
Before i know i don dey doze,
Wetin we dey talk? I don...

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"The Recalcitrant Romantico Sends a Love Note to the World"



There was a loophole in the contract
in fine print, when the final page was rolled back,
a sharp paper cut bled a firebrand’s life and a swollen...

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MODERN DAY DELILAH:
POETRY RECITAL (INTRO):
Yeah... Yeah....Yeah...
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES. 
Bro abeg... Make you fear woman.
Na woman be different creature.
If you know.. You know. 
If you no know, after listening to me you go know. 
For...

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AFRICAN QUEEN:
INTRO:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 
My Baby... Yeah ma Baby.. 
You be too pretty (pretty lady)
You too sexy...my sexy buddy. 
Your skin..your skin really be fluffy. 
You alone I go fancy(you alone I go fancy)....

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A couple of twisted shacks composed in Card Board City in Everywhere 

County the nameless man or woman spits out another tooth with 
           ...

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NO BI STRANGERS:
No bi strangers to Our success,
dis na anderson walkingshoes.  
 i'm part for ya world for strangers, 
intensively,our focus are metered,
ova di hilly regions,we keep flopping from discovery,
di discovery na wey concern...

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NO BI STRANGERS TO OURSELVES:
dis na anderson walkingshoes.  
 i'm part for ya world for strangers, 
intensively,our focus are metered,
ova di hilly regions,we keep flopping from discovery,
di discovery na wey concern awa sef realisations,
make's...

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So now you’re feeling sorry
for yourself? Your pain and
anguish gnawing at you?
Just because to start you
ended up the object of
another’s twisted fantasy
and there were four of you
but then Gloria asphyxiated
you have no claim to sorrow
you...

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SMILE GIVE ME:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES.
INTRO:
Abeg anything you want, 
Make I know so I go buy?
Make we dey steady so sey tension no go go high.
Ah...oooooh.....aaahhh.. 
Listen... Listen...Listen..
CHORUS:
Aww... Smile give me,
Abeg Baby show me some...

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"At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala"



 
"...the curse ruled from the underground down by the shore
And their hope grew with a hunger to live unlike before..." The Curse



Violet Black the night is...

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"50 Words for Poe: Revenant"


Everywhere he looks for Her his melancholic Ghost Girl
does our lachrymose ignoble Phantom in his own thunder storm


In the Wind Song he listens
Her elusive whispers hail from another dimension 
echolocation through...

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She wasn't clever or cool
allowed to stay home from school
within the four walls
of the house where she ruled
reducing her social scene to the bare minimal
as her knowledge and know-how didn't develop at all
with activities limited...

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There were three wings at the veterans home.C wing was for the seriously ill .B wing was for those
Who were relatively without relatives.Not really unwell just unwanted.Finally the wing I worked on
for seven years A...

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Number 22 in 1963


The prior season and many seasons past had been great for our school. However, the ‘62-’63 season was to prove disastrous for our school. I had been looking forward to the 63-64...

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Only in Africa
Salute to my ancestors
For you lived to live
For ever
With a pure heart 
I pour a sweet honey 
Of gratitude for your
Sacrifice to mankind

Only in Africa
The land of kemet
 Was the New York of
The...

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How do people do it?
For that matter, how do I pull it off?
Sitting in front of the computer for so many hours,
body compressed into a computer chair.
Feel a whole decade older than I actually am-
aching...

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take me out of limit
oh god take me out of limit
cos this monsters limits me 
they created confusion into
my innocent mind 
from the day 
I was born
they planted their seeds
of  lies into my daily...

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Occifer, occifer what did I do
I no go fast and dat is de truth
I good citizen I try to be good
I have 3 kids and live in bad neighborhood

Place your hands on the wheel sir...

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Toasty mornings with teakettles whistling bring to mind Danish days on Marata’s 
horse farm, ponies prancing in the unusually warm sunlight, and new fangled 
sparkling silver water fountains. Mirada, Karen and Laura’s Mom hosted Bob,...

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