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Muted By Annyrazon Justin by PoetRazon(m): 12:31am On May 15, 2013 |
Muted I won't cry Lest tears erode the glaze off my gleaming Face How could I betray my pain Let them see the Mammoth of my losses I dare not tell Of my Big Chicken-hearted Brothers Who could broker Order on the Tables of Power But they say nothing So I ask, "Who am I to say anything"? Muted,will I always be. If I am frequently stirred Not by lulling melodies of the Avian But claps of Hammer, clatter of Scissors The intrusions of Nomad Cobblers and Tailors Perusing deep into my Ancestral Reserves Undisturbed, Unafraid, Untouchables Unaware of the Abattiors of Jos Or the Minefields of Madalla Where Doras' dismembered Cadaver lay Unmourned Forever Muted, though she had tons to say. Even when you burn my Cross; call me Infidel I won't dare stutter Am not even Christ-like Least, not by your Immaculate standards I was only born in the same NIGER-AREA Not Niger-Delta; a strong believe in equity Yet, if my Wails are inconsequential And a Compromise with you, denied Then I shall be almost content And very Muted will I always be. Or what would you have me say? When you have fattened from my Oily Teats Like a chubby-kid, on my Bossom you now shit Every debt of favour need repay Maybe these are your Amortizations So I'll forget the Proverbialization Placing my bets on our Diverse Cultures If being different makes me Inferior You desrve preference for being Superior So Muted, will I always be. I will not growl And let them Know my Blood is a Gorrilas' Boiling in the Bellows of Retribution Or let them see my Hackles Lest they misplace my subdued Anger for Fear I will overcome these Shattering Explosions just like before Recall; the travails of my Limb-less Uncle Stumps- product of crude amputations Seared by heat from merciless Sharia- Blades. I will Endure through I will Drum harder Haggling on the price of Reason Struggling to keep our Intellect non- Auction Inspired; the Blood of Martyrs Puzzled; your Petulance and lack of Compunction Yet if asked, Why? The Smiles in the Face of Adversity I will mumble dope-ishly That I am a Nigerian who has Nothing to Say. |
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Ponder On This.. #1 --- Sometimes (must Read!!!!!! ) / A Letter To The Underworld / From The Heart: Untitled
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