Emmanuel Ekale Esambe
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Poem "Joburg by Night":
- written August 2007
- published March 10, 2009
- viewed 79 times
Other poems by Emmanuel Ekale Esambe:
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Poem "Joburg by Night":
- written August 2007
- published March 10, 2009
- viewed 79 times
Other poems by Emmanuel Ekale Esambe:
»Home Affairs«»Tears of Blood«»The Lion Man«»The New Case«»Joburg by Night«
skyscrapers rise
in gigantic prowess
in celebration of
the ugliness of civilization.
street lamps glare down
with unseeing gaze.
the tenth floor
basked in absolute protection.
spiders shuffle
down dark lanes
and snap out lives.
Police will come in the morning.
in gigantic prowess
in celebration of
the ugliness of civilization.
street lamps glare down
with unseeing gaze.
the tenth floor
basked in absolute protection.
spiders shuffle
down dark lanes
and snap out lives.
Police will come in the morning.
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