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and so this dance!
Novisi Dzitrie

and this dance
you bring
beckoning me
dazzling me
charming me!

do i have liberty
to deem it as i see
the motives of your mazy motions?

and what if...?
what if
this dance you dance around me
is only a trap you bring to ensnare me
enslave me...
make me bow at the snap of your fingers
before your temple!
poor soul me
you scare me!

OR
do I take it without
question
i’m just such a master drummer
so much so
i drum you beats
caressing the pulse of your soul
unleashing the flow of rhythm in you
with such dexterity at my finger tips
you canNOT resist!

so you come!
you come rolling your eyes at me
staring me a dewy-morning gaze
from the corner of your eyes

and so you come!

you come with the call of your glossy-lips
teasing me
seducing me
and leaving me
and leaving me
HOLY
with the lingering wriggle
of your hips
you!
you sex me!

Novisi Dzitrie.

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Without doubt, I have lived the larger part of my life in Ghana. Aside this country of about 23 million human beings -- good people and those who for one unreasonable reason or the other do evil -- I have only dared to step out of the artificial boundaries in West Africa, Africa, for only once. My story is not special compared to the over 200 million people who occupy just Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Those who live close to the borders naturally have two nationalities -- not the paper document legitimising this -- but that they experience two or more cultures, without pausing to think of any shocks, shocks that anyone from without their sphere would experience.

Secret Pleasure, Secret pain

A short story by Martin Egblewogbe

In what language will the final judgment be conducted?

English, because everyone has to understand what is said.

However, God, of infinite capabilities, would have no problems even if the entire proceedings were in Latin, which, for romantic purposes, would have been the preferred language. But for the sake of the poor souls theregathered, English.

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