kabue-charles

A life Like Damn

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You uphold gentleness,
Bullies tag along;

You observe righteousness,
Troubles follow you;

You love, like really love,
They eat your heart;

The silent knows,
What the quiet says;

The wise understand,
What the learned speaks;

The lonely feels, the lonely sees,
The art in beauty;

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Half

Image from GEORGE DESIPRIS

I can’t have both, and I can’t half me;

I love one, and want no other;

Sometimes maybe, but not a lifetime;

These two will pass, and this too shall pass;

Give me a loan, and leave me alone;

I do want some, I want the awesome;

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Tunnel

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I want two, because I can, too;
Down in me, is a will to be great;
Upload in me, the keys to greatness;

Inspire in me, a higher philosophy;
Fill in me, the desire for altruism;
But please, let me remain humble;

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The genius of a woman

THE GENIUS OF  A WOMAN
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Baby you are the best, you are the very best;
I wonder how you know all this construction stuff;
You really are a genius, the others are just caretakers;


Honey you are very intelligent, why don’t they listen to you?
You were born to code the perfect and intelligent software;
Your fellows will perish if they don’t take note of your words.


Darling you are handsome, like really cute;
You are slim, light skinned and strong;
You are an embodiment of manly perfection;


Sweetheart you are the man, a real African man;
You got a big potbelly like a real (odi) boss;
Forget the slay boys, you are the true African gentleman;


You got a good heart my husband, an honest conductor;
You treat passengers with respect, and never short charge them;
The driver is the one who mistreats the passengers.


You are a genius driver my man;
You know all the road rules and follow them to dot;
Your calling is to save animal lives by ambulancing them.


You are a business guru my love;
While the others are in business, business is in you;
You carry a true entrepreneurial revolution;


God resides in you my husband, a legendary pastor;
Everyone else is a sinner, and you are our shepherd;
You got a spiritual calling, not like other fake pastors.


Baby you are a very professional accountant;
You do maths like it’s no brainer;
Your employer needs to salute you for single-handedly keeping the company afloat.


Honey you are a scientist from another planet;
You know stuff that we have not discovered;
You are Albert Einstein incarnate.


Beb you’re so wise, and charming, and fun;
You make a woman feel important and loved;
I know you will have money and be rich one day;


Swits you a hustler, a real genius hustler;
You take care of our bills by betting;
I know you will one day hit the jackpot;


You are the greatest doctor in Africa currently;
You treat even diseases you don’t understand;
It’s like God works inside you and through you;


Darling you are the most powerful man;
You battled your opponents and won the election.
If they say you rigged, why didn’t they?

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The dreaded

Photo by Mean Shadows on Unsplash
Photo by Mean Shadows on Unsplash

Hey pretty lady?
You are really pretty.

*Thanks.
*Do you say that to all ladies?

No i don’t

Actually you are the first
It has been my yearly resolution for a while

*You mean am the first…?

No. I have seen extremely pretty girls and ladies but none was beautiful enough to get me saying that.

*What’s your name?

Am Charles, Kabue Charles

*Well Charles, Kabue Charles, you really fluttered my evening.
*Am honored…

Pleasure is all mine. You really are pretty, from behide and especially infront

*(confused wink)

I mean your gracious shape, you really are, (sigh, huhhh..!), just something out of ordinally, a

*So Charles, who is Charles?

Charles is a gentleman engaged to the most dearest sweetheart…

*(uninterested facial expression)

and

*So you are taken?

Yes.

*Like really taken or charming taken?

Like really taken.
I will tell you a secret, if you swear to never tell

*(interested facial expression)
*Yes…

I need you to promise.

*I promise.

No, I mean, swear…

*I swear never to tell

And when you tell?

*If i tell, may…may, i don’t know…what would you wish to happen to pretty me?

If you tell, you will say yes to any request of mine, regardless of the consequence.

*Yes. Yes. I accept.
*Whats the secret?

As it should be, i only have eyes for one.

*(almost fearful eyes)

And so i will not request your number, but i will call you one.
I will not ask your name, but i shall remember you as beautiful.
If we happen to cross paths again on a beautiful sunny day,
Or a sad rainy evening,
I shall peek your check, or maybe dance where ever we shall meet,
Right there in public, or private
And so i shall now leave for home, because its late.

*You stood me up here and shall not walk me to where i pick my bus?
*Are you not a gentleman?

Where are my manners,… of course i will

*(chuckles…)
*shall i hold your hand?

if its alright with you, it would my pleasure to have your hand held my mine.

*(chuckles…again)
*You really are a charmer…
*Where do you stay?

You mean we?

*You know what am asking…
*What would she do if you didn’t go home?

Which question shall i answer first?

*You do like saying ‘shall’ a lot

Yes.

*Why?

Maybe am just old

*No its not old, just different, gentlemanly…

I like being different

*You are and cute
*Here,
*I get my bus here…
*So Charles,
*What was your other name?

Kabue. Kabue Charles…

*They sound amazing, and important.

Reeally?

*Yes.
*May i confess something?

Am listening…

*Or could you tell me something sweet to remember, until we meet again?

You are as gracious than all that has been gracious.

*There is how you say things, or talk; that i like…

Am glad you appreciate my humor.

*Am sure you read that from somewhere

I don’t read stuff, i write…

*Oooh, you do have a way with words, ah?
*You heard from somewhere?

(i smile back)

*I gotta go.
*Its late
*And  i need to wake up early tomorrow.
*I will be walking the same route from today
*Please pass by at the same time through where we meet.
*(peeks my cheek)
*(walks to be bus door)
*(looks behind to see me, looks for a moment…)
*(proceeds to the bus…)
*(stops, just before entering…)
*(immediately, just like after wanting to turn back, the dreaded goddess disappears into the bus)

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Lines of Weakness

I did notice the lines of weakness;

They were not necessary in the solid wall;

So why does evil exist? It doesn’t!

There is just an empty space, like a line of weakness;

The empty space is a will, the free will;

It’s how far we can will, so damn little;

We could be perfect, we could be strong;

We would be all the same, we would be one;

We would all fall once, if we ever did;

We would be weakened by the strength;

So we needed to be individuals;

We needed to be weak;

We needed to be free;

Then we wanted to be selfish, to occupy another’s space;

Then we wanted to be unloving, love was monotonous;

So there is no evil, we just desire evil;

We are not molded to desire evil, we are just free to choose it.

Evil is what is adjacent good;

Evil is pricking your neighbor;

Evil is not loving your neighbor;

Evil is what we would not like done unto us;

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