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WISDOM’S THEME - Michael Achile Umameh
(for Akeem Adetayo Oyalowo)
Dammy Krane
A mute bird in the cage
With a saccharine-d tambourine
Hippy, lippy and nippy
What message art thou sending?
Dammy Krane
Stewing in a skewed mane
with a borrowed robe
of fools, frauds and firebrands
to whom is your inner life pretending?
Dammy Krane
Tell the Ostrich from the crane
Concert fired fury
Dies the death of dye
Fanned fame- fading.
Hear and heed the rhythm
of wisdom’s theme
living a life your pockets cannot afford
is a misleading life of limelight.
Stop trending! Stop sending!
Loud emptiness.
Michael Achile Umameh
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