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By
Terpine Wuese
Our Penthouse
Under the hot sun
We endured
We clamoured and gambled
Making huge sacrifices:
The energy We exhausted
Injuries We sustained
Enemies and friends We made
The ‘liveske a crawling moured and gambled
Making huge sacrifices:
The energy We exhausted
Injuries We sustained
Enemies and friends We made
The ‘lives’ We lost!
A common aim We conceived
Like a crawling child
Wishing to run;
that We must occupy Penthouse ;
the degree of anxiety in us
To lay hand on something ‘holy’
But our desires
With unsolicited regrets!
The queue shuffled forward
Others jumped through hoops;
The sun shined;
Hot air ran down the east
Yet our cloths remained Wet
And We thought nature’s on strike
And We went that far
In a flash that reviewed us;
We saw the Penthouse
Smiling at us;
the ‘holy’ thing We shall hold
If We want ….! shall hold
If We want ….!
Terpine Wuese
Terpine Wuese hails from Buruku Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria. He read English at the Benue State University, Makurdi. He is a prolific writer but specializes in poetry. He is a member Association of Nigerian Authors and lives in Makurdi. His collection of poems titled ‘I Nearly Killed God and other poems’, is in press.
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