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I Won't Write a Heartbreak Poem for You
by Ucheoma Onwutuebe I won't write a heartbreak poem for you. I won't write a heartbreak poem for you Because I am too proud to pickle your memories to preservation and I cannot... I cannot afford to immortalise you In the sublime wordings of my poetry. For I know how cocky you get sometimes. Suppose the poems appears in papers, You would buy a copy for all your friends and brag, "Look what creativity I inspired". I won't write a heartbreak poem for you Because massaging egos is one of my least favourite sports. I often wonder what pride he feels, The boy who inspired Adele's "Someone like you", That his abandonment of her created a song gone platinum. What if I wrote a heartbreak poem for you And it goes viral? Your cocky self would clip it off papers, Attach it to your C.V for your next job hunt. The board could offer you prompt employment Since they are always looking people Who inspire creativity in others. And you think I want to grant you such favours? I won't write a heartbreak poem for you I won't deign to do that And now I will stop this poem here For it is beginning to sound Like a heartbreak poem for you. |
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