Soft words spoken in an unforgiving tongue
I wish to travel in a backward birth
The day I let your hands slip from mine
In a bitter chaos of colliding pain
This shattered heart of mine beating
Has flood itself more rain than New Orleans
I am esurient for which I once held in my soul
Entwined since the beginning of time
I long, I long to be forgiven
I long, I long to be loved
And when I saw you look at her
Your lips gently caressing hers
The lies I told myself—I could live without you
Came hurling at me faster than a pitcher’s strike
I am sorry,
For my heart misses its other half
In your face, in your eyes
I want to say what’s in my heart
But the fear of being hurt with you
I keep all the things I’ll never say
Maybe someday when I am stronger
When the thought of without you
Is a greater pain than with you
I’ll say what I’ll never say
Dance with me fierce one
For my heart is yours to mend
My soul is yours to mate
A vacuity of emotions
Blow my rhythm asunder
An ineluctable fate
Touch me gently
But caress me furiously
For the fire burning inside of me
Holds a flame that cannot
And will not rest
Then do so, take the earth
And dance with me
Take the ocean and sway with me
Kiss me so softly,
Butterfly kisses,
For my steps have finally
Found its own tune
she’s common
just another teenage jerk
she’s cold and empty
and so is her belly
the pill couldn’t fix it
but the coat hanger did the trick
high school hierarchy
the punchline of life
honestly, after high school what do you have?
they won’t take you seriously anyways…
but don’t fret
it’s a ghost world
full of blank minds and lost causes
generic people
too consumed in their own doom…
unfortunately, this could have all been avoided
if she didn’t spend so much time on her back
but yet again, if she didn’t you wouldn’t know her name
because boning captain football
always leads to instant fame.
dumb people suck.
dumb people suck bcos they make you dumb
dumb people suck bcos they make you dumb bcos they dont understand simple things
dumb people suck bcos they force you repeat yourself
i hate repeating my self
repeating my self sucks
so, in conclusion
dumb ppl suck bcos they make you dumb
you always have to repeat yourself
and that’s why dumb people suck so much.
Dambisa Moyo. DEAD AID: why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2009. Pp. 188. $24.00. ISBN-13: 978-0-374-13956-8.
“The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth,” Dambisa Moyo writes in her polemic. Pop stars like Bono and Bob Geldof may attract millions of donors and dollars while singing for aid and debt relief, but Africa continues to lag behind in every aspect. Moyo explains that the Marshall Plan, which re-financed a badly damaged European infrastructure after World War Two, is the wrong model for assisting Africa, which lacks infrastructure altogether. Emergency humanitarian aid notwithstanding, systemic aid is encouraging corruption, bureaucracy and dysfunction. Expansive loans engender expansive debt. Continue reading →