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Cryptic Calls

CRYPTIC CALLS:
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The night called out to him
A man of plane fleet
Gloved in illusion of machete and strength
To beat out from the web of sleep
And answer the howling cryptic calls:

Cryptic calls of hooting owls and chirping crickets
Cryptic calls with lurid eyes of a marauder
A marauder in the parapet of silence…

The chameleon has changed its colour
The cloud refused giving out dew
And the moon (in monocle) beat down on the glimmering grasses

To forewarn him of the hatching egg
Bearing horn as fang
Bathing with fire…
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He heard the sound but did not see the cryptic step drawing near
Yet another proof that the pearls have to be forgone
But will man’s weakness play low on him
To forfeit the fishes in the hooks-
The Fishes renting net
 He has gone out for:



shattered cries in the air
Echoes down the river stream, 

The forest will tell of the glees 
Of the meat that got a meat
Who went out for the fish;

Broken bones and splashes of blood
Wanton break of breath-

Had it been a crocodile
Joy of death not to have taken a dilatory step 
Along the verge of the smothering weight…

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He galloped him down a whole-

Termites crying for no crump
Vultures for no corpse
People for no man-

One has taken the joy of all
With community answering another cryptic calls

But who born the devil -
The spider with million hands 
To lay cobwebs on the road 
That they may not see the pregnant python at the river bank.

Copyright © Nwajei Jude | Year Posted 2020

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Date: 11/22/2024 4:32:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.

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