BEST POEMS Poems

I am an African
Not because I was born there
But because my heart beats with Africa's
I am an African
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Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string,
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
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It is true love because
I put on eyeliner and a concerto and make pungent observations about the great issues of the day
Even when there's no one here but him,
And because
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My Africa, my home
As I cast back my mind
To days before I left
Before you left me impotent
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Things perplex me
irritate and disgust me
Things disaffect me
when they try
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