Long Ransacks Poems

Bewitched with irri-
tating glows,they ransacks the
purse and 'ijawo'; those rats!

Breaking news;
The Headline: "3 husky rats
ransacking the purse of the nation."
The news: As noted in the
headline of today's consciousness-leaking
news. We'll have to say this with
Annointed regret...

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I've been jealous of Time,
sharing it with the foot steps of Days
feeding it to the appetite of Age,

Possessive of unbuyable beauty
that roams reckless within a creation fenceless,
senseless ownership, owning only the yawns of yesterdays,
jealous of...

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Sometimes I wake with a heartache 
My relationship with life is like that of a wrist and a blade.
A strange twist of fate had me in this darkest place.
Tarnished by love and faith.
Can't make my...

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Always right with me, behind my back,
 The enslaved don't have hope,
 I go, I read, but it stuck with my skin, with me,
 The shadow ransacks behind, a nervous contour.

 Always to us days...

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Tuesday lasses
we all have classes
get up and go
there’s no time to waste
join the flow
there’s no reason to wait
everyone’s hustling
coffee guzzling
bus shuttling
paper shuffling
syllabus assessing
apple-watch checking
there’s a fall-like feeling
making things more appealing
file off of the bus
and join...

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Aaron Rogers has lost his touch
    which doesn't bother me too much

  His team's record now is 3-4
    with many more losses likely in store

  League MVP...

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A debris  engulfs this mind
when a chuckle, a pirouette, a dream
ransacks  wired thoughts--
and for once, I am a shrill :
Though  weight presses on  hardened back,
images  dig   dig through...

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Her love is like 
wild honey that
seeps from a tree 
sap so tender 

It is generous at dawn
honey sweet sap
that runs through 
her intimate garden 

It is love that 
comes like a candle flame 
or...

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