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The Mannequins

The Mannequins

1 / January 30, 2012 8:36 am

by Benson Eluma Claire, now they make the mannequins with long legs They give them huge buttocks and big breasts But they leave their lips thin and their noses aquiline They dress them up in damask and head-ties They do [...]

A poem of Lagos

2 / June 1, 2010 3:23 pm

SUFFERING AND SMILING We hold these truths to be self-evident: That where there is a child There must be a cane. That before you make ends meet There will be some pain. That Lekki is the part of Lagos Closest [...]

Poem: My Brother, The Jew

2 / March 5, 2010 9:50 am

I’m working on a collection of poems investigating hate, fear, and loathing: Under the banner of peace and brotherhood, my body to be scattered in bits in the noisy, sudden, non-peaceful tearing of flesh. My body a weapon against cousinhood. [...]

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