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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 27, 20222 min read
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Limits of Imagination
White fantasy about black sexuality Tantalised the ‘civilised’ world with acceptability Of the tanned noble savage With old money and...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 27, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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Missing
Logic and disbelief wed In union refusing The permanence of your Absence Nonsensical flirts with absolute Natural order teases sanity The...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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Leap
She knew he would eventually understand Her gift in retrospection Introspection and recollection would show The superficiality of...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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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...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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Misguided
He sought among the branches what was only available in the roots Mesmerising sways of leafy wonder in the wind Pretty fragrant blooms...

Nairobi Thompson
Nov 19, 20221 min read
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