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    Poemic Taboo
    Poemic Taboo
    Poemic Taboo
    Ebook36 pages24 minutes

    Poemic Taboo

    By Lamin Drammeh

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    About this ebook

    Taking poetry to a whole new level with some very powerful words. A book of poetry with poems that are sophisticated with unspoken words. A courageous art of writing that spoke of things many would rather not talk about, from (Part one, The man) talking about anxiety, depression, fear... of the author to (Part tow, The man and the State) talking about sovereignty, politics, bad governance... and how these play role in the conditions in which the author is in.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateSep 24, 2020
    ISBN9781716558795
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      Book preview

      Poemic Taboo - Lamin Drammeh

      Lamin Drammeh

      Poemic Taboo

      Part One

      The Man

      COGNITIVE KAMIKAZE

      Here. Trapped in needle holes

      as breathing becomes a hustle

      Here. Tickling my anxiety,

      trying to babysit my thoughts

      in this cruel cage of a naked page

      Here. Trying to be authentic

      in this corpse of my missing pieces,

      waiting for their autopsy

      Here. Trying to be harder on myself

      through self-bully so I can move on

      with my burden to the finish line

      of a new beginning

      Here. Strangling my patience

      with a rapid pace as my pieces yell,

      yearning to be in peace

      Here. On this warship, worshipping

      my anxiety and loneliness

      Hope deflating, despair taking over

      the soul of the sage in me

      Here. Ages of empty pages

      of gazing sages with zero wages

      self-grazing on thoughts through

      choking bars of philosophical barnyards

      Here. Stripping off my mindset

      so my consciousness can sneak itself

      into new pages of toxic thoughts

      snaking through scorching scripts

      from Socrates to Jean Genet

      Here. Trying to erase my phobia,

      using broken bone powders

      of Plato, Kant and Averroes

      blend with ancient nicotine

      from Egyptian mummies

      Here. Still trapped in needle holes

      in a world of falling skies, of rape,

      of war, of apocalyptic fires,

      of bleeding oceans, of paedophilia,

      of violent gunshots, of racism

      Here. Still questioning my sanity

      dating the universe with

      its stars and scars, flare of fear,

      fair enough am drowning in despair

      Here. It's a gene of generations

      of genocide and holocaust

      fairness is dead and skeletoned

      The theory of justice and Rawls

      are just a premature insulin

      of selective insomnia and dementia

      Here. Still I communicate with

      my spiritual DNA, while UNHCR

      and Human Rights Watch keep playing

      ping pong with refugee brains

      you still are questioning my sanity?

      FIGHTING FOR MY PLATE

      Life is short, time is running out

      Mama's ark is too old to fill my

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