Tag: hustle

• A world to the wise

  A big brain and a smaller mouth
  We have for a reason
  Not being able to choose our provenance
  We have for another reason
  The world for us is a customized workshop
  A place where only we can better
  A place with tools fashioned to our know how
  Tools we can cause to mutate
  Mould, melt and grow
  So that our big brains can come together
  And ensure that our mouths are always fed
  And our eyes are constantly spoilt
  By the beauty we are grateful enough to maintain
  Instead of complaining and fleeing
  And wishing we were in a different world
  Where mouths are bigger than brains
  A world to the wise it just enough

  _Winniefred F Gbemuotor

  Hello dear readers, sorry I’ve been MIA. I wanted to collect my thoughts and bring you just the best. Enjoy this piece I composed today. Cheers!

  14th Oct 2022

  hustle, people

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• The Hem

  It must have been a week before she died.
  She was her usual cheerful self
  Smiling amidst numerous burdens
  And violations from frying pan and fire.

  She had finally paid off her debts
  She was due for her promotion
  She would have finally lived the life she wanted
  Did it count at this point?

  The hem came rather too late
  Alas, it never even came
  She was drained to the last platelet
  Maybe we would have had a scripture in her
  She would have touched the hem without greedy grins of desire

  She sat Infront of her fire
  He reached for her with the usual grin
  This time she did not stop him
  Then suddenly, he stepped back,
  disgusted by the stench of uncleanness
  His expression said more than a thousand words
  She grinned.

  – Winniefred F. Gbemuotor

  5th Aug 2022

  africa, corruption, gender, harassment, hustle, people, social vices, workplace

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• In the belly of the fish

  In the belly of the fish is a trap for money
  Where generational wealth is stored
  Taken away from those down the money chain
  While the lucky ones
  Sip from the smallest opening
  Eyes closed,
  With fantasies of a better future

  The belly of the fish is a cemetery of dreams
  Where talents are of no use
  And ideas are not grey enough
  A universe where all is black and white
  And all that matters
  Is scratching an itching back

  _Winniefred F Gbemuotor

  25th Jul 2022

  africa, conditions of the world, corruption, hustle, people, social vices, world

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