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I WILL WRITE A PRAYER - Phillip “Doktuh FEEL” Chukwu (worthy of mention)
Right now. I decide to write now. Just write. Write a poem. A story. My story. Write
wrongs. Right wrongs on paper and see what's left of the ache in my heart.
I will write a prayer.
In this book I am me. No other persona
Just me. This loner
friend to many, but friends are funny
but at least they are not lovers
leavers-in-throes who
genuinely love you
prove it with all their being
as long as milk and honey flow
and the promised land still looks green
Our hallelujahs will be loud
and not quivering unless
we choose to impress
the source with our vibratoes
This is a prayer
the effectual fervent prayer
of the righteous makes them
into kinetic atoms, but the prayer
of a sinner is an abomination
unto the long-suffering Father
of everlasting lights
I become the bird of the air
I will not worry for what I shall eat
or drink today
I will be greater than John the Baptist
I will survive on Kulikuli
and Garri and I will give glory
to the Many-breasted One
I am in an attitude
of worship and thanksgiving
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