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Sentinel Poetry Magazine January 2003
Victor Ehikhamenor
Songs Of Orphans
i should write a song to mourn the death of glory, shouldn't I ? but the muse has a noose on her neck. i cant find enough tears to wash away the sorrow that besiege my heart - like rats, men chipped away the fibers that hold home, plenty jezebels flirting to mock the strength of Samson... eunuchs are laughing with rotten teeth. with swines we forage forgotten trash cans to retrieve rotten bread, honey tastes like damaged bile. no friends to share the aroma of pollinating bees, virgins wail their broken hymen by the wicked proboscis of monstrous masters, eunuchs have become grotesque kings.
i growled on the grave of killers i weep for you oh my country i weep for you oh my continent... it is so dark and murky i can't find the voice to call friends--my kinsmen, it is so dark i feast on my own soul exile is a pillow of rock a bed of sand papers - an unstable hammock. the wind has dispersed us to the four cardinal points of life - atrocious crossroads without signs through high tides. hold my hand brother like a broom binder, for it is very dark and the sons of dogs prowl with unshielded daggers and ready teeth. protect me Lord from mercenaries looking for more innocent preys protect them that have been rendered orphans in a barren land.
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