Trapped!

BY SALEH CLARISSA

I wondered whether the voice to raise,

Or enter into the maize,

Strong hands grabbed me,

As I resisted to get free.

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Yet Kariuki was adamant,

Insisting he wanted an infant,

Yet we couldn’t in broad daylight,

So it resorted into a fight.

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Through the push and shove,

I had made a resolve,

That I better die but not give in,

He said he must discipline.

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And I jumped up as he winked,

I rejected lest I blinked,

Fear of the mighty stream,

Would suck the whole cream.

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And voila he let go,

Then I made a vow,

To run and never look back,

As I was taken aback!

©Saleh.. Black Power and Other Poems 2023.

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