KWEE Liberian Literary Magazine Jan. Iss. Vol. 0115 Feb Vol. 0215 | Page 57

Liberian Literary Magazine

Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture

Two of the Sev en
Adv entures
As one of the sev en
adv entures

The first noose
Designed for my departure.

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Richard Wilson Moss

To help earn the bright
orange
Tiger badge
I chose to climb
A tall, american oak
I n backyard w oods
My mother w atching, the
Where are they now , our
people
Are they simply rust of iron
dreams?
No, I hav e seen them, I
hav e
They pick up litter in the
malls
They sell things, they are
these things sold
Our people, our kind, us
I hav e seen them.

den mother
To v erify, stopw atch in
hand
I t had to be timed
This feat of w oodsmanship
And I looked dow n only
once
At the w orry in her face.
Unable to afford the
uniform

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Richard Wilson Moss

I had only the blue and

Richard Moss is the author

of numerous full length
poetry books. You can find
his books on ev ery major
platform.

w hite scarf
And had to teach myself
how to fold just so
And tie around my neck
(I n Russia of that time
Scouts w ore a red scarf
And earned red badges)
Soon I w as pretty good at it
And v ery proud.
This w as one of the
adv entures
But later I knew it w as only

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©Richard Moss