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"How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?":a Published Poem By Freemanan & Fratermathy by Nobody: 10:37am On Jan 04, 2016
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HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A PROBLEM?

Do we trod the famished road with the single hope of an oasis at the end?
The desert sands shall give no mercy to a man of faith
Let us go them from the lands we baptised with pain
Let us, like Ulysses, set sail like the Vikings To mete and dole unequal laws upon a savage race.

Do we weep for the things unseen?
Tell me, my kinsman, how it feels to bring goodluck?
Even when ants have ecstatically ravaged your iron fence.
Tell me how it feels to drink from an oasis
In the patched mind of a thirsty traveller.

Do we weep for the roads not taken?
We saw the Kaiama bridge and that which goes to Yenogoa
Do we require the gods to tell us where to go?
The soothsayers are out of business now
We have all turned prophets like the people of Eulysis.

The desert sands does not forgive a penitent feet
Neither does the hungry panther puts faith in the gods for a meal

So tell me! Tell me oh kinsman, how does it feel to be a problem?
What does it require of a genius to be a fool?
Does it require being pious?
Does it require taking existence serious?
We were sent here to build a hole
A hole which we have built so deep that we no longer see the light
I gave a penny to a beggar and he gave it to his brother in penury
I clean the guillotine daily, only to be stained with the blood of feeble minds.

Finding myself alone
Only for my solitude to be arrested by thoughts of things I had lost.
When I walked from Carthage to Karnem-Borno, there were no tears of burnt and scratched metals
When I listened to Homer, they were no use of afflicting words
When I slept in homes carved out from the intelligence of Masons, there were no natural disasters.

The Aare-Ona-Kakanfo has refused to return
Maybe the age grades should hunt for him
Just make sure the Sultan is still on seat when I return
If I do not return, then I am your problem.

Written by (Fratermathy and Freemanan). ORHERO MATHIAS & FREEMAN DAVID.




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Re: "How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?":a Published Poem By Freemanan & Fratermathy by zyzxx(m): 1:42pm On Jan 04, 2016
wisdom
dis great
Re: "How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?":a Published Poem By Freemanan & Fratermathy by Nobody: 12:20am On Jan 05, 2016
This is a very good piece.... You should indulge in this often David.
Re: "How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?":a Published Poem By Freemanan & Fratermathy by Nobody: 7:08am On Jan 05, 2016
sylvalord:
This is a very good piece.... You should indulge in this often David.

I will try boss. Thanks sir.
Re: "How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?":a Published Poem By Freemanan & Fratermathy by sholybrown4u(m): 2:35pm On Jan 05, 2016
wow!!!

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