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Friday, 16 October 2015

I'll love you
Till my chest goes
silent, and
my lungs are empty

-Olawale Ibiyemi

Posted by Pamilerin Jacob at 00:58

Domestic Violence

Mother is limping; a guerdon Of her encounter with Bash Ali, Our father; the embattled one. All lizards lie on their stomachs; We don...
Pornography

We want to watch our mothers Clamber the hills of ecstasy And briskly touch ourselves in pursuit. The father without shame pummels His d...
Two Patients: In the psychiatrist's office

"I cut myself", he said, "I cut myself", Twitching as the words Slipped off his lips, Psychiatrist; middle-aged woman...
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Three Dreams

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Lust

I had beaten my heart To a pulp, So much that I felt nothing anymore. But as she touched my face I felt a lightening bolt Bolt me in t...
To my Lover...

Kiss me, And i will forget Your sins.
Cancer

Like a cancer she Keeps popping up In my heart, Consuming consuming Consuming everything In her path.
Why...?

Like iron filing to magnet Evil attracts me. I am man. Man is evil. God is good. God hates evil. So why did he die for me? If you say b...
Wrong War

Eviscerate him! Eviscerate him! No. Embalm him with tyres And tell Sango Olukoso to hurl stones, heavy stones Upon this vermin, For 50...

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