Gerald Onyebuchi Tongue Poems

  • 1.
    I was a young vine with leaves until you turned me into a pine.
    A flowing river, then you seared me into a desert
    I was the dazzling sun, a cynosure of many eyes, until you raped me of my iridescence.
    The pride of many men, until you smeared me with lust.
    ...
  • 2.
    Like a fable that never left the table were the
    Words of the prophet
    Swiftly, slowly, it became our story.

    ...
Total 2 Tongue Poems by Gerald Onyebuchi

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We're hiking along at a two-forty pace
We 're making life seem like a man-killing race,
With our nerves all on edge and our jaws firmly set
We go rushing along; with our brows lined with sweat
And our cheeks pale and drawn every minute we dash,
And the goal that we 're after is merely more cash.

We 're out for the money, the greenbacks and gold,
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