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Leonell EchaJanuary 28, 2017

One is a battle I’ve won Two seems like a rise and fall. I got no clue Three times I’d cleave to the altar and flee Four of those times I’d run before i’d count my score Five hundred times a righteous call let me thrive Six threatening bells won’t make me sick with pains […]

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Leonell EchaJanuary 26, 2017

I got a cone filled with ice cream. It tasted so sweet it quenched the pangs on my ‘milk teeth’. In my head I was dancing because I knew this was the last time I would ever get such Ice and Cream put together. The little money we had, was spent on jamb forms. We […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 26, 2017

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I found myself on the island of muddied waters, Buchi The palm fronds waved their leaves with your name, Buchi The sands held loose your breath, Buchi There was no boat to take you back to the living, Buchi Do you not hear your name rippling in the river, Buchi? I am waiting for the […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 26, 2017

I was moving things around in my head I found this memory of us Where I was tangled in your Web Webs are attributed to lies But this Web of yours were blatant Blatantly honest, I must say You made it clear I was nothing of value With you of course Because before you came […]

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