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Lol. You said it oh.

Where I have been is dealing with Life. Too many things happening at once, ya know?

Hmmmn. Nice thread. Nice poems by you both. Firestar makes it look easy doesn't she? Princesa, where have you been? Hmmmn, where have I been?

Ballad of the brokenhearted Geisha

This snow is new.

My lover is gone

This is the fourth month without a letter

The small stream by our home will freeze soon

The fish will now move upstream

I’ve never caught a fish before

But I sit with my pole to forget

The trees will shed their leaves

The mountains will soon have caps

I’ll start painting again

It’s four months now and I haven’t seen the postman

My lover quests and I thirst

Maybe the postman is dead; maybe I am dead.

I started this thread with a conflicted mind trying to stifle my 'vanity'. Meh. The battle is lost now. I'll post some more poems but for my other works (mostly very short stories) please visit vescucci.wordpress.com. Mucho gracias

Sisi_Kill: Awwww! Vesc. . . this is lovely!

Dark and Lovely....just the way I like 'em.

Why, thank you!

Flytefalls: I love this. Melancholy often fills the gaps.

Thanks

e-talker:


I love those lines.

But the poems aren't dark as warned.
I was expecting something scary (though, i noticed the sadness on few lines in the "LIFE" piece)

I enjoyed reading your poems.

Thanks for sharing. Keep the muse up!

Haha, I'm not that dark but then this is not my darkest work. Thanks all the same

Esin waju: Brilliant. Especially the one about life. I relate with you on that one cos presently I'm faced with a situation and your poem captures it perfectly and you were more rhyme concious on this one, that I find very appealing as a rap afficionado lol.

Thanks dude. Glad you enjoyed them

Orikinla: Good poetry.
Very original.

Thank you Sir. Coming from you, that is high praise.

talk2s: This poem helps reminisce the good old days: when the beauty of art was given its pride of place;
When art was not celebrated for fun but for the sakes of art;
When the place of art was extolled and amplified...

Indeed, that is a masterpiece of poetry.

I feel you. Thanks a lot

Nickydrake: Vescucci, reading your work is always a treat. Believe it or not, i spent a good amount of time poring over your satires over at Naijastories (that was the only time i ever used the site). The piece on cursíng was especially entralling.

These poems are good, no doubt about that, but because i'm much less captivated by poetry than by prose, i find myself drawn more to your opening post. Your opening post is fuckíng excellent.

I beg your pardon, the expletive was necessary for emphasis.

I think you should ditch poetry and move into a monastery where you'll devote the rest of your life to producing bewitching satirical pieces for people like me to revel in. This is crappy advice alright, but i hope you consider it all the same.

Great work, my friend.

Thanks a whole lot. You of all made my day

ariblaze: interesting ... i like
i am also sure you can do darker
com'n don the cape of the reaper which you are

Lol. I don't even know what to say. I have darker stories. There's stuff I'm working on sha. How have you been? Long time bruv

kay9: ^^ Blazeman... Where u been, mate?

@Vesc, u got any more of these? First one reminds me of Tom Cruise's Nathan Algren.

Kay baba! Yeah, I have some more. I'll post some more shortly but the rest of my stuff is on my blog. I'll post that too

amiskurie: I fear to loosing my poems to the internet world.
@op hw do you claim its yours in future when everyone had it?..I've been keeping my best away from the internet sha.

If you plan on making money, I guess it's best not to post them on the internet. But this is just a hobby for me. Good luck

JeSoul: Nice Vesc! good to see you 'back' and about...

Funny...I scarcely have anything but a happy-campy-all-is-fine-and-dandy image of you - so to see this darkside 'veering' is a bit of a treat . Very nice flow, simple & to the point. Likes!!!

Looool. I have actually posted these poems since about half a year ago. i dunno who resurrected them. It's nice to get the comments though. How have you been? You have mail btw

Apologies to anyone I have missed. I appreciate the comments a lot

Nice idea for a thread. Sadly won't have much time to visit often

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Phew. The thing is more time consuming than I thought.

adim2: Woah i love you baby

Lol. Congratulations

alutacontinua:

YES, YES, YES!!!!!! Of cos, i will.

I HEREBY DECLARE DT ADIM2 WON D GAME. Let d party begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice observations by the way

Lol. Aluta, don't let Adim's joker go to waste oh

Replies Alfreda: Sleep tight, honey bunny

Drives away for like the fiftieth time in one night

*Embraces her and kisses her passionately*

After disengaging: An idea just popped into my head. I ought to take you somewhere where we can spend two or three full weeks together without anyone else in the world knowinng. I will try to make this happen soon. In the meantime, here's the number of the banker I want you to call. I will mail you a letter as you have asked. I will mail it to your mother directly as you can still be said to be under her care. This way, she won't suspect any foul play. And if the worst happens and she finds out, you're really an adult now and so am I. My wife, I hope to leave her soon for good. So, you will have all the cards. But all these when we get to the bridge, we'll cross it. You should be getting on home now. Send me an sms when you are alone in your room and ready to turn in.

Lucky I don't have the patience to sweet talk women, I for deadly . I just say what's on my mind gbaga

*Drives by. Alfreda gets into the car.*

What a long day this is turning out to be. What are you doing with an immature fellow like that? Even if he is doing this out of love, he's doing you no favours whatsoever. I have been straightforward with you and you know your interests are mine too.

Anyways, the last piece of news is basically that I have opened a trust fund account for you where everything you need will be made available to you during the duration of your schooling. No matter what happens between us, you will always have access to the money as long as you are in school. I wanted to meet your mum under the guise of you being a lucky beneficiary of my new philanthropism. Tell her about me and at least we can stop this cloak and dagger business.

adim2: ok i think, i better we post after each other. remember that this scene is suppose to be like a brawl scene. we are fight for her now.

Yeah. Let the cycle be Rufus -- Alfreda -- Adamu, unless it's a scene where they are separated and there are only two parties currently available as it is now for Adamu has left

*Drives off again*

Lol. My scenario is a mess. It's too late now but I would have suggested a turn by turn basis for posting

Winds up the windows and Rufus' lamentations fades into a dull noise.

Looks at Alfreda. Sigh. Who is this riffraff really? Does he not see that you're an adult? I've seen him around you but I didn't think his schoolboy crush would get out of hand like this. Anyways, I will let you be the one to inform him that I've pulled some strings and a friend of a friend has secured your admission into Unilag. I'm sorry I had to tell you this way but your friend left me with little choice. There's still the last thing I wanted to talk to you about but I will save that for later

Thinking to self as I drive home.

*This Rufus fella cannot be my rival. I will not acknowledge him as such. But I still cannot ignore him totally. I have to do something about his peskiness. Or he'll harm Alfreda in the process of supposedly helping her. Luckily, his immaturity and crass behaviour is not helping his cause but I can't let his passions be a cause of Alfreda's pain. I have nothing to lose but her.*

Reaches for my Enya CD. I could use a smoke. Why the hell did I quit?

Alright then. If this is your wish. I'll go to my library and get some work I brought home done. Call me as soon as you can. Goodnight.

*Walks out without glancing at either Rufus or his rottweiler*

No, No, it's alright Alfreda. I was once his age and I know what he's suffering from. I don't have to sit here and take it though. Can we leave? Or you prefer I have him sent out. I'm a platinum customer here and security will have him and his bodyguard thrown out in an instant

*Hmmn. Ignores the runt, Rufus. Apparently he's itching for a confrontation. Faces Alfreda*

It seems you need to put your pet in his place before I do so. Let's leave this place. I don't want to lose my temper

*Notices the boy called Rufus. Fuming underneath but decides to play it cool. This is a public place and his rudeness will pale in comparison to Alfreda's dignity. I'll deal with him next time. By the way, I'm totally surprised about Alfreda's excuse for our meeting for it is actually the last piece of news I had in mind. This might all just work splendidly*

Looks up at Rufus: Hello young man. I see that you're a friend of Alfreda. You come here often with your other friend?

Aha. Good choice. Let's save the best for last.

The good news is that I'm gonna get a separation from my wife. It's going to be all legit and stuff. I think it is a small step towards our being together without any fuss. I'm just glad we didn't have any children. My people think this is why I'm leaving her but it's really because of her character. What do you think?

Hi baby. It turns out my countdown was extended, eh? I have several pieces of news, all good ones. So choose, good, better or best. What do you want to hear first?

Lemme order for some appetizer while you decide. *motions for the waiter*

I'm already at the coffee shop, 15minutes early cuz I wanna see her walk in. Contemplating sending her an sms to remind but decide against it. It's worth the wait

3pm then. Goodnight fellas.

alutacontinua:

aii. wot tym 2moro?

You choose. I'll be available from Noon, naija time.

Let's continue tomorrow. We're at a good spot for continuation and it's pretty late here. I gotta hit the sack.