Tired
You have long grown accustomed To the things about me That used to make your heart Beat faster Nothing about me excites you anymore And...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Limits of Imagination
White fantasy about black sexuality Tantalised the ‘civilised’ world with acceptability Of the tanned noble savage With old money and...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Closing Legal Argument
The so called ‘killings’ were not a matter of murder or morality But a question of insurance for property: Blacks jettisoned to save the...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Worst Sight
The sun set in my eye Of slave ship set for sale With all my joy abroad The window of my soul a gape Awaiting the return Of my crudely...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Joy of Curves
I work hard to stay in shape Plenty dumpling, yam and cakes I don’t shame about my size I am grateful for my thighs! I got contours, I...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
last dance
i live yesterday today and hope tomorrow is different even though i know i shall spend it looking back since the presence of the past is...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Call of the 'Motherland'
Come to England Come to England Come to the Motherland A call to arms, a call to fight To give your substance and your might To serve the...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Misunderstood
I take pride in the way I look... I’m seen as stuck up. Extra. ‘Eggs up.’ A show off. Attention seeking!? I endeavour to speak...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Denial
You offer me redacted love And I accept That I get the censored you Telling myself that You’re not ready to commit Yourself wholly...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Default Setting
I am not a racist but I do prefer my own Unconscious racial bias Is somewhat overblown I am not a racist! I have friends who are black...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Missing
Logic and disbelief wed In union refusing The permanence of your Absence Nonsensical flirts with absolute Natural order teases sanity The...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Reclaiming My Time
Though I speak precisely I am not understood Hearers are confused by my eloquence and My refusal to yield not one second To their...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Black Man
How they goin tell me That you ain’t worth nothin When every God-chiselled inch Of you is perfectly, perfectly hewn Black man How they...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Leap
She knew he would eventually understand Her gift in retrospection Introspection and recollection would show The superficiality of...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
A Daily Declaration
I am an accomplished woman Committed to strong endeavour I find favour wherever I am I was born to be great Not as some count...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
My Hair, My Rules
I'm all for breaking down barriers But don't touch my hair I’m not even asking nicely Because we shouldn’t even have to go there! Why...
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Nairobi Thompson
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Misguided
He sought among the branches what was only available in the roots Mesmerising sways of leafy wonder in the wind Pretty fragrant blooms...
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