Long Square meal Poems

We come to this world of surprises at a time we don't choose!

Not knowing if we'll get to a paradise or hell would break loose!

We are born to parents whom we yet have to know...

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There is a wind never heard of
A wind we've all soared
Every bit of humanity has once been a submissive wife
Or rather a humble slave to this wind
This wind is part of earths eternal mysteries
It has...

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I opened my heart 
Where lies my brook?
Where are thou my Raven?
Our land is in FAMINE
Almost like that of the Israelites
I cried with millions
Wept for an ailing nation
Tubers of yam makes us yawn
Tomatoes puts us...

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Looking through the window
Everything seems like a puzzle 
His coming ought to rekindle
Instead all have dwindle

Change is all we asked
Not knowing they were masked
Although they were tasked
Everything remain the same

Three square meal
Has become dream
Off course...

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If they like let petrol be one 
thousand naira at the station,
It is not my business not at all
I will still have my tea taken 
Every morning with Agege bread.


If they like let them find...

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This land belongs to Buhari, 
he has the financial keys to every land here!
You must not urinate here unless you 
are a cow, beware of  military' Dogs, 
they're watching.
You must not answer nature's call...

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I’m on my way into the grocery store
when I see him huddled near the shop doorway
In his outstretched hand
an empty coffee cup
I throw in a coin or two 
smile, and ask his name
I’m Jack ma’am’...

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The world hurtles on unmindful
Leaving behind those who cannot keep pace
So many are under constant grind
To earn a square meal a day

On deserted streets many roam
Their stomachs empty, their bowels growling 
They have nothing to...

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Dismal tale of men and women in the dirty rail compartment
No conception of the charm being knitted by the movement
Of the necklace of gentle light in the pants shirts and blouses
All is too occupied in...

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 I would abolish factories and end money
All would be farmers or artisans
Barter system I will introduce
In case of natural calamities, 
nearby villages would have to help

I would plant lot of trees, just like primitive...

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Grandpa said, “You work hard all day 
to do to yourself some good....
what you think as priory in your pay
is a well deserved dish of good food!”

For the less fortunate; one square meal
and for the...

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My eyes fountain
As i muster up to our nations mountain
This fact i ascertain
But no pleasures i entertained.

My eyes fountains
For the waif 
My voice wails for the poor
Sleeping in cold on bare floor.

My eyes fountain
For the...

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When there is chaos all around suffocating
You have in your kindness kept me secure
I have no justification at all to fret and fume
I cannot but be grateful to you; my dear Lord.

When millions of masses...

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Grandpa said you work hard all day 
to do to yourself some good....
So, what you think as priory in your pay,
is a well deserved dish of good food!

For the less fortunate; one square meal.
And for...

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My thoughts sink deep like the waters in a well
My heart is heavy due to the uncertainties of tomorrow
In the belly of abject poverty do I dwell
The cry of huger pierces my ear drums like...

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