ENSLAVED, A POEM BY OGECHI VERONICA

Published: Sept. 7, 2022, 9:52 a.m.

They come with a cupful of pinned promises
\nSinging songs of salvation to our weary ears
\nWith these drowning drooling dreams
\nAnd ripping ripened realms
\nThey came with bells of dismembered peace
\nTo shred the rope of our unison in pieces

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