Thursday, 29 April 2021

Tired eyes

The tired eyes of a working man

The missing beats from a forgotten drum

The faded jeans in a woman's lap
Old carrots and frozen mangoes

Fallen angels in dark alleys
Mixed noises and a broken pipe

No choices when you drink and drive
Abandoned widows in aluminum beds

Sunken lips in a broken glass
Fortunes tell when it's a wrap

It's life that brings back forgotten jingles
Of time that stood still when you wanted
to wake up

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Lusaka, Zambia 

March 2021 


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