We have built brick walls

facing south and we sprinkle:


water becomes wine.

Born into a world of deception,
Embraced in a life of abuse,
Tormented by a state of abandonment,
Betrayed by parents of youth.

Destroyed by words of profanities,
Tortured without excuse,
Alone in a house of misery:
Torn, battered, and confused.

Compelled to a life of insignificance
With their endeavors never seen,
Their family — a false reality,
Alone with only their dreams.

Assaulted with no explanation
By parents who destroy with their hands;
A child bruised and broken
Can only dream of oceans and sands.

Alone in a world with no one,
Their voice never heard nor seen,
Locked in a room of obscurities,
Waiting for death to set them free.

Violence speaks to this child
With no escape to be seen.
Alone in this house of tragedy:
Withdrawn, suicidal, and unseen.

© 2020, K. Saitta

In the streets of Delhi advertised on every sign,
Is the British army’s need for you to buy buy buy.
It may cost your turban, your home your family, and the worn clothes.
But it’s for the greater good right? of the empire of them ‘s and those.

When you pass the gender and notice his cracked lips,
And coughing and dying son,
You feel sympathy as you would for anyone.
But you can parch him as your son cant starve too,
And that’s just the law of the untouchable that are below you.

Despite your status being not much better,
You walk a stranger to their leering eyes,
As you were the clean white sashes and ties,
But they don’t realise the shackles you are also in.
As the phrase goes that you see on all the ads.

“You can’t make your own confections,
You can’t save your own possessions,
You can’t even built out of your own wood,
Because for the good of the empire of the greater good,
You will serve to pay the fees that are higher than you can afford to do.”

When you think of that as you walk these deep streets you can’t help walking in a way of shame,
As you know you can’t blame these overlords,
But the submissions and laws of old,
That they stole and now uphold.
Never to be loss of my shackles,
I pass these streets, and go on to Mumbai for the next delivery meet.

By his Majesty's foot stool
Tales never been told
A warrior's analogy
Imaging the blood of many

The battle of old
Modakeke it's passage
Crowning victory a renegade

Scars untold
Proportionate to the heartbeat of Ile-Ife
Setting Ooni's mantle
Bowing to Orunmila

Scavangers setting the pace
Awarding criminals the holy Cross
Anointing them for the book of life

Desertion of no return
They called it a treatise
Holding onto dissertation of old

Blood a signal of peace
Reminding hearts of tales unforgettable

Written by Tosan Oluwakemi Thompson

Ya Know...

I REALLY AIN’T About THAT... !!!

Running Chat That’s CRAP... !!!
To PLEASE These Clans...
of... CANCELLING Gangs...
Who Behave Like The ****...

of... Ku Klux MANS... !!!

DEMANDING Compliance...
Like... Racist TYRANTS... !?!

It’s A CRAZY Time...
Which Has Now CONFINED...

How People Express...
What’s Inside Their Heads...

I Mean What Will Be Next... ?!?

Cutting OFF Heads...
Because They’ve Caused OFFENCE... !?!?!

Well... Let Me INSPECT...
What Was Earlier Said...
Within THIS POEM... !!!

Censors In The Past...
Have ALWAYS Taken To Task...
Those Who’ve Used Their Art...

To Speak... FREELY...................
On Everything From The LGBT...

To YES... Queer Crews...
And Have QUICKLY Been Refused...
The Right To Sell Tunes...

That Were Deemed To Be RUDE...
And... HATE Filled Too... !!!

So These... Cancel Crews...
Are REALLY NOTHING NEW... !!!

But Now The Ante Has Gone UP... !!!
Just Like ******* AFTER *** Stunts... !!!

But There Is NO LOVE... !!!
If You... Speak of...

NOT WANTING To Fit...
In With Their... “ New Club “...

Kinda Sounds Like Stuff...
That Supremacists Run...

“If You’re NOT WITH Us,
We Will END YOU SON !

And This Has Come...
Right From The TOP... !!!

From Politicians To World Governments...
Who Have WITHDRAWN Funds...
In Countries Where... Some...

REFUSE To Accept...
What Was Once Expressed...

As Going AGAINST...
What Their BIBLE Said..
In It’s Religious Text...

Which Was That...

“ God Would Be VEX...
If Those of The SAME *** !
Dealt In ******...
And... NAUGHTINESS ! “

So What Came NEXT... ?!?

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE...!!!

And That Is NO JOKE... !!!

Due To CRIMES AGAINST NATURE... !!!
Well NOW... CENTURIES LATER... !!!

The Lord’s NO LONGER Our Saviour... ?!?
Cos We’ve Got A NEW FLAVOUR... !!!

That We MUST ACCEPT... !?!
And FORGO What Is Said...
In The Book That Expressed..

What’s Been Taught To CHILDREN...
Since... WAY BACK WHEN... !?!

So Things Have TURNED AROUND...
Because of CERTAIN CROWDS... !!!

Who Will NOT ACCEPT...
The Type of IGNORANCE...
That’s NOW OFFENDING THEM... !!!

Because Racisms DEAD...
And DOESN’T **** Blackness... !!!

Now I'm NO... GENIUS...
But That's Talk That Is CLEARLY...

................ INCORRECT................... !!!!!

But These Words Are FACT... !!!
I REALLY AIN’T About That... !!!!!!!!

Are Their Skins SO THIN... ?!?

That They DON'T Understand... ?!?
That There Will ALWAYS Be Chat...
That OFFENDS Their CLAN... !!!

Like The FACT That RACISTS...
Will... NEVER Like Blacks... !!!!!

Because It Is … HUMAN...
To NOT Agree With EVERYBODY...
It’s Just The Way That People Be... !!!

But Now It’s CLEAR...
That We MUST ALL Adhere... !?!

To These CANCEL Clans...
And Their... NEW STANCE...

That Apparently Breeds Equality...
And UNITY For Humanity... !!!

Which Is PROVING To Be...
A Whole Load of... CRAP... !!!

So When It Comes To Their Plans...
To DICTATE That Our Chat...
Does NOT OFFEND Their Gangs... !!!

I Need To Make This CLEAR... !!!

“I REALLY AIN’T About That !”

With patches and creases
I try to put together the pieces
Of my broken shattered heart,
I've watched all my walls
Crumble right before me.

Every truth I held high
gradually coming undone.
Who had lied to me greatly?
But the very ones
I esteemed more enlightened.

Where's all the love
They talked about?
Nothing but cold broken hearts
Around here
Seems like I'm not the only one.

With patches and creases
I try to put together the pieces
Of my broken shattered heart,
I've watched all my walls
Crumble right before me.

Deception... what's worse is
The solutions they had claimed
to present were
Nothing but lies and man made stories

I believed.

I had hoped
they knew better.

Groomed to become the one
to take on the totem,
they'd be sorry to see the monster they created.

Oh, but we tried didn't we?
To live up to the standards they had created
and live out the laws they had taught us.
Though they broke their very own rules
We watched.

With their hands they had created
The very disaster they now seek to get rid of.


With patches and creases
I try to put together the pieces
Of my broken shattered heart,
I've watched all my walls
Crumble right before me.

Now they blame it on the Universe
and claim that God has been unjust to them,
For no one desires the consequences,
They claim it was the instruction from above.

Gradually, their rules failed them,
not because the rules themselves were evil,
but because they constantly failed to uphold
the very doctrines they had created.

With patches and creases
We try to put together the pieces
Of our broken shattered heart,
We watched all our walls
Crumble right before us.

Yet we wonder
Who has done this evil?

So This... “ Cancel Culture “...
Now Seems To Be Structured...
To... RESTRICT Numbers...

And Now Be The CONDUCTOR... !!!
of What Folks Say And What Gets Played...

Via TV Or Stage And WHO Gets Paid...
As If THEY Are Some SPECIAL Class...
Who Know How Far Free Speech Should Go... !?!

But It Seems As Though They’re A Little LATE... !!!
Where EXACTLY Were They When The... KKK...
Used To ****** Slaves Just Because of Their Race... !!!

Oh, Because These Days,
Things Have REALLY Changed...

Are These People INSANE...
And NOT Using Their Brains... ?!?

Because We STILL Have SLAVES... !!!
And Heads Who CLEARLY Want To DICTATE...

Are They Cancelling THEM...
Or Doing What THEY SAY... !?!

Or Just Causing PROBLEMS...
Over Gender And Race... ?!?

Well Some It Now Seems...
Who’ve Made BIG MONEY... !!!

Are UNCOMFORTABLE With...
Them... CANCELLING... !!!

When It Comes To Free Speech...
And Indeed The Arts Because of Policies...
That Seem To STINK Like FARTS... !!!

Have They Cancelled BOMBS...
Or RACIST... Sitcoms...

Oh Yes NOW They Have... !!!
AFTER These Shows Have...
Made PLENTY of CASH...
And Been Shown Across Lands...

... INTERNATIONALLY... !!!

On TV’s AND Indeed BIG SCREENS... !!!

REPEATEDLY For The World To See...

So Where Have They Been... ?!?

BEFORE Gender Themes...
And... INEQUALITIES...
Became The Very Fabric of SOCIETIES... ?!?

Where APPARENTLY...
... EVERYBODY Was FREE...
To Be Who They Wanna Be...

Well That’s A FALLACY...
That’s NOT REALITY... !!!

Just Like PIPE DREAMS... !!!

Oh But SUDDENLY... !!!
These New CANCEL POLICE...

Are CANCELLING...
And Now DAMAGING... !!!

The Careers of Those...
Who WON’T Be Controlled... !!!

Like Those Who Speak...
What They Want... FREELY... !!!

So They Can CANCEL ME... !!!
Cos That’s How I NOW BE... !!!

NOT Some HUMAN SHEEP...
For Them To Shepherd And Keep...
In Some PENITENTIARY...
Just Because of Free Speech...

That DOESN’T Tread... “ Lightly “...

Cos’ I ALREADY KNOW...
How... CANCELLING Goes... !!!

Because It’s Really Not New...
It’s What Censors Do... !!!

But Here’s Some TRUTH...
To UPSET Their Crews...  !!!

It’s One Rule For THEM...
But NOT The Same For You... !!!

If You’re NOT ONE...
Who’ll Keep Your Mouth SHUT...
To APPEASE These Teams...

Who Now Want TOTAL CONTROL... !!!

That’s Just The Way That The Story Now Goes...
NO Bambi Or THUMPER To Be Some Foot Drummer... !!!

Just A Breed of Vultures...
Now Willing To PUNCTURE...
Careers Like BAD Plumbers... !!!

Whose Force Has A Cause...
Now Trying To ENFORCE..

What Should Be Put ASUNDER...
This... TRULY RIDICULOUS... !!!

..... “ Cancel Culture “..... !!!

You See... MANY Have Tried … !!!
And MANY Have LIED … !!!
And MANY By My Pen …
Are … Lyrically FRIED... !!!!

Burned To... ASHES … !!!
Grabbed And SMASHED KID … !!!

Cos’ My Lyrical Hand Scripts …
Flows Like … RAPIDS …
Fluid And RAMPANT …
SMASHING Kids MAD QUICK … !!!!!

Causing Pure HAVOC... !!!
... TITANICALLY Tragic... !!!!!

Cos' These Kids Be Pulling Tricks …
That Keep Proving They’re FOOLISH... !!!

But Yet They Seem To THINK …
That They’re Claiming BIG WINS …
Deserving Reigns Like KINGS... ?!?

Well Big Virge Reins Them IN … !!!
Cos’ What They Try Is SINking … !!!
Because of Thought Waves Linking …
Themselves To YES POOR Thinking … !!!!!

They Try To CLAIM The Lyrics …
They Spit To Be The Business … !!!!!

Well IN TRUTH That’s What THEY ARE … !!!
UP … Business Peoples’ CLAAT … !!!

Because Wordplay They CHART …
IT’S CLEAR Is … OFF THE MARK … !!!

of Bringing What Is REAL …. !!!
That Comes Straight From The Heart …

NOT Something That They STEAL …
Like Lyrics of … PURE FARCE … !!!!!
That They Then Try To Pass …
As Some … AUTHENTIC ART... !!!!!!!!!!!

….. “ AUTHENTIC “ ….. !?!
Yeah ….. MY **** ….. !!!!!!

They TRY Playing They’re SMART …. !!!
When Truthfully THEY KNOW ….
That They Just AREN’T As SHARP …
As Lyrical Darts My Mental IMPARTS …
That Are Detrimental To Punks Acting DAFT … !!!

This Here Is MY CRAFT … !!!!!
RUGGED Like A Raft …
That Cruises Past SHARKS … !!!
And These Human... " DAWGS' “ … !!!

Who TRY Through Their BARK … !!!
To Prove They Are HARD … !!!!

When REALLY They’re CLEARLY … !!!
WEAK Like … Pussyclaat' … !!!!!!!!!!!!!

... “ Ja’ Faican’ “ … !!!!!!

Well... Dem’ Rass …
Do Try But Make FALSE Starts … !!!
  
They TRY But QUICKLY STALL …
Because They’re Cars...
Just Like Their TRICKS …
HIT THE PITS And FALL …

Due To Them Making Calls …
That Lead To Their DOWNFALL … !!!

But I’m Used To Them Now … !!!!!
These Cats Who Act... FOUL … ?!?

In FACT TRUTH Be Told … !!!
I’ve … Written It Down … !!!!!

Because Time Has SHOWN …

“ They TRY “... NO...
... ARE CLOWNS... !!!!!!!!!

Who … Constantly Send …
My Mind Through Poems …
Ways To YES … VENT …
And TURN Down The Stress … !!!
They Try To Bring Heads …

Because of THE PAIN … !!!
That Runs Through THEIR VEINS … !!!

They TRY But LACK Brains …
That Most Call... INSANE … !?!

Because What They TRY …
Just CAN’T BE DEFINED … ?!?

They’re WAY BEYOND Blind … !?!
And A BLIGHT On Mankind … !!!!!!!!

They TRY But CAN’T FIND … ?!?
These Here Types of Rhymes … !!!

Because of THE FRIGHT … !!!
of Searching Their Mind … !!!

They TRY But DON’T SHINE … !!!!!
Because Their Minds Vibe …
Is … DARKER Than Night … !!!

DARKER Than Mine … ?
Well Maybe That’s FINE … !?!

My Mind’s DARK Enough... !!!
To Write This GOOD Stuff … !!!

They TRY But Just … “ Bluff ” …
With NUFF' … HUFF And PUFF … !!!

They TRY Yes THEY TRY … !!!!!

But Like MARTY MCFLY...
Find Their Family Ties …

NEED TO BE RE-DESIGNED … !!!!!

They TRY ALL THE TIME … !!!
To PROVE They’re Inclined …
To Write For THE PEOPLE …
And Yet EMBRACE EVIL … ?!!!?

Now THAT THEY DON’T TRY …
THEY... FULFIL That Line … !!!

What I Try … Is FINE …
While What They Try LIES … !!!

I’ll REPEAT THAT YES LIES … !!!
So CLEARLY … DEFIES...
The Concept of RIGHT … !!!
And Therefore … THE TRUTH … !!!!!

So Those EARLIER Lines …
Have … Water-Tight PROOF … !!!

The Things That They TRY  …
That They MANAGE TO DO … !!!

Gives PROOF That Their Lives …
Smell WORSE THAN … Poo Poo... !!!!!

They TRY To Be … “ COOL “ …
With Lyrics They Use … !!!
While Mine Just Confuse … ?!?
Because They EXUDE …..
The DEEPEST of Dudes …
With The DARKEST of Moods …
That Somehow Stays TRUE ….

To... PEACE As The Tool …
To... EDUCATE Yutes …
That IT’S COOL NOT TO Shoot... !!!

... IGNORAMUSES Too … !!!!!!!

Who TRY To Pull Moves …
That DON’T HAVE Cool Grooves... !!!

I Guess This Is  WHY … ?
We Have CALMER Sides …
And …. POWER OF MIND …. !!!!!

So That We Can FLY HIGH … !!!!!
ABOVE... NONSENSE …

... “ They TRY “...