spilledwoords
“Poetry burns in our hearts with the passionate heat of a lover’s embrace.”
Tag: Adventure
Orange Room
In her striptease, wornas inept as a mini without panties;in this orange room – a private lounge,stereo blasting, teenagers barely legal –serving sparkling wine, topless n’ carefree.Illuminated on the neon podiumher body oscillating to Fela’s Afrobeatshe took prisoners effortlessly by her –swaying luscious hips,… Continue Reading “Orange Room”
All Mankind
All mankind is of – one author, one volume, when one surely demise one chapter isn’t torn out of this book but translated into a higher language, deeper meaning. Every chapter must be so translated, keenly studied; God employs several tacts some piece by… Continue Reading “All Mankind”
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Orange Room
In her striptease, wornas inept as a mini without panties;in this orange room – a private lounge,stereo blasting, teenagers barely legal –serving sparkling wine, topless n’ carefree.Illuminated on the neon podiumher body oscillating to Fela’s Afrobeatshe took prisoners effortlessly by her –swaying luscious hips, caressed ribcageand licked red-tinted lips, stained with lust;in this uproar, who […]
Reputation
Goodness may be worth a damn these days,gracious old ways a fad – obsolete,but cast it not away or be insensitive;instead – embrace it, enhance it,it is your irresistible attractiveness –a trait that makes you a decent human.It is your life’s work – your craft,hone it, protect it, and display itwith the utmost care of […]
A god
A piece of wood or stoneadorned with jewels n’ sprinkled bloodcarved into the shape of a god –the work of human hands. A mouth they have, but cannot speakEyes, but cannot see, ears but can’t hearHands they have, but cannot feelFeet, but cannot walk, throat but no sound. The eyes of its worshippers invokethis piece […]
Another Wreck
Again they’ve refloated another wreck – Obigbo;shy men of culture with a deep hatredthey consider themselves patriots, statesmen,devout Muslim, intellectuals, earnest Christiansbut they look on with folded hands. That’s why you saw me: massacred in Asaba – ’67,beheaded by fanatics in 2002 as George Orji,murdered in cold blood in Abuja – APO-Six,burnt to death like […]
The Will for Power
The will for power is a paradox –some lie n’ cheat to winothers risk life to unmask its pranksits twists and turns bring outthe basest and the best in us. Zealous is the scheme for power, yet a paradox –its reign whizzes by frighteningly fastnothing is assured; in this romance of the Beast,but long n’ […]
