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A Chapter by Namaa Hammond

An inch of earth in phosphide
Poisonous dirt of roots and vines
Sprouting turned the green to clay
A blackout churns life to decay

A grasshopper in a tree
Laments the beggar to be free
From chirrs to tears, ear to ear
He fell to his knees, signs appear  

The shovel stained in parquet 
The praying mantis found its prey
A melody, harmony 
The piper played a symphony

Shovels of lonely zephyrs
Undug gravel baring martyrs
Her existence, a question
Carved in the Garden of Eden

A drunken hung three wisemen
Stole their scriptures, buried doctrines
'Neath the earth, six-feet under
A stillbirth, of a blind beggar

The papers locked in his hands
Lazy eyes crossed on the grains of sand
The bones remained in caverns
His body burns with the piper 


© 2014 Namaa Hammond


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'A drunken hung three wisemen
Stole their scriptures, buried doctrines
'Neath the earth, six-feet under
A stillbirth, of a blind beggar"
I like the way you use words and thoughts. The complete poem was amazing . The above lines stood out to me. You can bury the dead and tried to hide the ancient secrets. I believe the more we tried to dispose of something. The more powerful it gets. No weakness in the outstanding poetry.
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