... and where's your brother, Curse?
Friday, November 9, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The Presidential Debate
A
presidential debate
We
watched with breath abate
By
just before midnight
We’d
found the leading light
We'd confirmed a certain two
Were
just as we knew
As
for the other bloke
Oh
what an utter joke
Sunday, October 28, 2012
A Reason Not To Shake Hands
Pretty woman in my rear view; in the spotless, silver Corolla; digging deeply in your nostrils; checking out what you produce. You're the reason I don't look back often enough. When the traffic moved along, it took you ten seconds to note; you were balling up your goo.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Open Barbecue in the City of Accra
In broad daylight, last Friday, on the ceremonial street at animated Nima, Birdie and I saw a group of muscled men singeing a whole cow-carcass with a blow torch and scorching the pavement black.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Vacuity!!!
2012! It bewilders me, and I cannot say
which vexes me more – the superstitious teachers or the benighted varmint. The
ones have zilch to teach because they need a lamp too. The others are a
stupendously sorry sight: ignorant, petty, perishing, future-less.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
How I Stumbled Upon Blogging
In 2008, Accra was
a jaded jamboree. I preferred to float in bed and fantasise about far-flung frolicsome
places. I had happened on ‘personal websites’ without knowing their sexy name -
blog. Then, my friend, Sandra, introduced me her blog. I was besotted three times over. A poet in
hibernation, I dusted off my skills and became a seeker of ‘second sight’: that
hallowed ‘hang’ to see extraordinary sights in everyday scenes. To experience
and describe Accra’s rich, deep and colourful layers of sights, sounds, smells
and tastes in a unique way. Blogging has given me a novel, vibrant city that’s all my very
own.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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