Rotten Bangles

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History tells us a lot
friction is not edition

 yet strength is felt
I am lost 

 In a world of confusion
all that matters is a plot

 Is it a mystery?
Or is it history?

 when Africa is mentioned
Rotten bangles exist!

 We are the dump
the filth

 we are ROTTEN BANGLES!

 with no hope
Sometimes hope

 and yet we remain
unfortunate, maladjusted

 I am sad, ashamed, and devastated to say
we are ROTTEN BANGLES!


                                                      by Evelyn The Piper, 2017

Evelyn The Piper



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