Ofem Ubi

Shorthand Laughter

March 7 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

My mother laughs in shorthand, She broadens her cheeks; Big enough to accommodate her worries and mine, She’s always a mouthful of rhetorical questions With a laugher so beautiful, So much it freezes time whenever she tries to It looks like for once the...

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The Bible Man

March 5 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #TheBibleMan

The Bible man sits during worship And I ask myself Is he the worshipper? Or the worshipped

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The Bible Man

March 4 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #TheBibleMan

The Bible man said he who pays no tithe is a thief And he robs God, But what if I transgressed just to pay God? Would that make me more Christian?

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The Bible Man

March 3 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #TheBibleMan

The Bible man said he is God’s oracle And I said to myself If he is the oracle, Then God must be the servant

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The Bible Man

March 2 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #TheBibleMan

The Bible man said we should build schools And in my might I gave my all But why did he raise tuition bills so high Since when did education become racist?

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The Bible Man

March 1 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #TheBibleMan

The Bible man requested a seed for the miracle As if his life was a debt he had to pay back I’m broke, maybe I could pay installmentally sir As if the Father’s gift ever came with a price? photocredit-lexonart