The Holy Briefcase Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFG DDHI EEJK| Many decades ago | A |
| They came with ego | A |
| And condemned our ways | B |
| Planted a religion to thwart rays | B |
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| They arrived with briefcases | C |
| To uproot curses | C |
| But therein lies weapons | D |
| To put fears and lampoons | D |
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| These albinos polluted our culture | E |
| And tagged us barbaric nurture | E |
| Our ancestral graves desecrated | F |
| They built their temples called them sacred | G |
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| Today we are enemies of ourselves | D |
| Religion the madness of selves | D |
| Amadiaho traveled in ship | H |
| Here we behave like sheep | I |
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| This scar will linger forever | E |
| Many eyes open but blind ever | E |
| Lets retrace our root | J |
| The Cross lies the truth | K |
Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke
Poet's note: African needs to go back to their root. Our culture and heritage need rehabilitation. But at the Cross lies the truth.
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