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Pawns For Dessert by dokomog(m): 3:10pm On Aug 03, 2017 |
PAWNS FOR DESSERT After fifty seven years, They still call it a marriage of convenience Yet they gorge themselves on the proceeds of conjugality. Draining her life Like vampires on steroids Ripping her flesh true To the scavenger's code Whaling on tributes As the poor wail for hope They pay the drums As the gods of war come out to dance Building empires from bloodied foundations, The table is set The elites have pawns for dessert. Leave or die Jalamiya mafias rant, Lost in the blinded rage Fuelled by pious misconceptions. Bloated with crumbs from the table They too, now speak for all Spitting anti national gibberish To the accolades of the puppet masters. We too are tired. Eledumare please help us, When will this bickering among brothers end? The woman mourns Raped by her husband, He has taken everything, Now he fancies the blood of her offspring To nourish his charm for ageless existence They set the banquet, The elites eat pawns for dessert. The messiah has come, Whether Jew or East It matters not, For the saviour's cloak covers his sins Promising paradise he neither built nor can afford But they follow him, He has the touch, Yes, its called ethnocentrism. He too is paid The creek sharks grow bold. Gun boat diplomacy Now a tool for brotherly massacre, We fight for our rights But i don't see hospitals Or boat schools built from ransom gains Lost Robin hoods Lazy in good but quick to draw blood They set the table The elites devour the pawns for dessert. They revere and rejoice Merry at the blood sport that Travels the Niger Poor ignorant fools Never ascending the ladder of illumination Pursuing distractions like cats chase mice Lift your eyes and see what you've become, You cry racism, You who curse your daughter for marrying From the east or west. You cry religious fanaticism, You pray for the death of your neighbors. You cry terrorism, You celebrate the youth who killed Another tribe. We were strong together, Now we are easy game to the predators. War beckons They table is set The elites have pawns for dessert. 2 Likes |
Re: Pawns For Dessert by Nobody: 4:26pm On Aug 06, 2017 |
I love this! Through and through! Your use of simile is really impressive! I equally loved your use of oxymoron in 'pious misconceptions'. there are few glitches though, did you mean 'ripping her flesh through' when you said 'ripping her flesh true'? the same thing for 'they pay the drums' could it have been 'they play the drums'? moreover, you left us a bit in the dark as to what started in the beginning- 57 years ago; my guess is that you're referring to the nation's birth, you could have just tucked it neatly in one of those lines. Overall, the poem is a bit ambiguous, which might be difficult to understand by ordinary people. For me, this poem is impressive. |
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