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In The House of Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar.

In The House of Pharaoh and

Nebuchadnezzar.

                                                                                                                   

They have become gods

in the land of mortals,

subjects-they turned to

irrational worshippers;

their homes have indirectly

become temples and shrines

for man-created veneration,

family members-they made

altar boys and usher girls.

Through their handiwork

cities of evil they keep

building,

Sodom and Gomorrah

they have made out of

land they rule upon;

inconceivable evils and

mind-bogging sins-

they keep committing

in the former land of

wonders.

Hunger, misery, and poverty,

they give as inheritance,

bloodshed and butchery

they derive joy,

massacre and carnage

they glorify to high heaven.

Darkness-they prefer to

light,

lies instead of truth-

they adopt as Constitution;

pride and haughtiness-

leaders of the land wear

as clothe.

Every day, God of Heavens

they keep opposing,

daily, work of nature they

try to change;

principles, laws, and values

before their progenitors,

they had re-written.

Daily, air of trouble

they breathe upon their

subjects,

constantly, discomforting

sun with sweltering heat

they make citizens undergo.

Slavery and force labor  

they had placed upon their

brothers and sisters,

decent wages-they denied

workers-while they live

in opulence;

better conditions

of life-they make look

mirage-

to those they govern.

Necessities of life-

they denied people,

moving corpses-they have

created out of living souls,

but their households

they feed with delicacies of

rich sumptuous meals

belonging to Kings.

Life after retirement

they keep denying people,

those who gave their lives

for them to live,

simple epitaph they do

not have,

individuals without graves-

common cenotaph

they had forgotten

to erect in their memorial.

Good medical care-

they have denied their own,

common diseases eradicated

elsewhere,

ferociously unleashing attack

on their people;

but Asclepius-Greco-Roman

god of medicine-

they keep at home for

themselves and household.

Anytime-they are sick-

they jet out to western world

to seek cure for common cold,

cough, ear infection, stress,

radiculopathy;

nation’s health sector

they make moribund.

Would these leaders

ever realize that they

are mortal?

Will these leaders ever

learn from those before

them?

Will these leaders ever be

held accountable someday?

If strong will is an excuse

for them to committing evil,

perhaps, stories of ancient

leaders will teach them lesson-

someday-

if ever they have ears to hear.

Will they LEARN?

Time shall TELL.

Serena Jameka Williams: The Queen of Tennis Court.

Serena Jameka Williams:

The Queen of Tennis Court.

Her dexterity is manifest

in Tennis Court,

her ability, talents, and

skills,

she turns to game

to make the heart of

mankind rejoice.

Her artistic fingers-

ask from tennis racket or bat,

her creative hands-

let the bouncing tennis ball

elucidate and tell.

Like horse hooves

are her legs ready for battle,

like gazelle in open field,

swift are her legs for galloping;

powerful are the legs,

more than steel beam,

incredible are their animated

and prompt maneuvers,

any time she holds

imperial tennis court.

Body she lifts with ease

like an American Harpy

Eagle,

yes like eagle-she soar high

to do what she knows best;

velociraptor 21 Grand Slam

single and 36 major titles.

Sight-she has trained to

see beyond immediate

surroundings,

mind-she has trained

to take speedy and

rewarding decisions.

Regardless of back and forth

movement on the lawn,

widely-ears are opened-

to take charge of imperial

tennis court.

Still her inherent beauty

resides in her,

in spite of riches and fame,

modesty and decency

encapsulate her,

notwithstanding power and

influence,

rectitude is her permanent

tunic and cloak.

Within Wimbledon-

she has made numerous

friends,

outside Wimbledon-

she leads international

followership.

By her success story-

many have re-discovered

themselves,

by means of her tenacity and

perseverance,

many have become

refined gold, emerald, and

diamond of inestimable value.

Her Tennis Court Oath-

she has turned covenant of

liberation and success to

every desirable soul.

Let world doff its hat

for the queen and

prodigy of tennis;

let humankind say

well-done to

Tennis Empress-

who conquers the world

not by lifting a sword,

but by means of racket and bat.

Let the world say thanks

to foremost promoter of

Harry Gem and

Augurio Perera’s

mementos-racquets-and

ball game Pelota-

they invented.

Let the world thank

the lioness and precocity

who recreates and gives life

to Walton Clopton

Wingfield 1873 experiment-

The Lawn Tennis.

Europe: The Land of Double-Dealing Culture

Europe: Land of

Double-Dealing Culture

 Europa-How it Began

Europe-one time center of the world-

source of western and modern

civilization,

pioneered by Hellenistic Greek and

Catholic Rome;

civilization that foreshadowed

renaissance.

Renaissance-a cultural movement-

that birthed discovery, exploration,

science, industrial revolution, and

religious reformation;

a double-dealing culture of

rape, exploitation, and civility.

Europe-the second smallest

of all continents-

landmass bordered

by three continental waters

have had more shares in

world events than any

continent.

Enlightenment from 15^th century

culture revival-the renaissance- 

made Europe pursued political and

economic interests beyond its

territorial frontiers into Asia,

Africa, new world-the Americas-

and Australia-the “unknown land of

the South.”

Europe-the land of twelve 

monarchs and the Vatican-

throne of pope;

in you were these

human lords British, French,

German, Italian, Spanish,

Portuguese, and Belgian,

notoriously famous for centuries,

because of evils and atrocities

they committed and perpetuated

against humanity outside

their borders and frontiers.

Europe and its Trademark:

Europe-you created and ran-

Trans-Atlantic slave trade in

Africa,

a morally disgusting trade for

centuries;

servitude you established in

occupied territories,

colonialism you pursued as

policy of subjugation, and

exploitation by means of rape

and looting you espoused.

Africans-you dehumanized-

their possessions you

forcibly took away from them;

their gold, silver, copper, and

valuables you apportioned

to build your homelands;

by means of her sweat

it created interminable

wealth for you.

Cries from their lands

made you joyful,

emotional and physical

pains from their homelands

brought you eternal

happiness,

dirge-yes-threnody 

from their fields translated

to symphony of joy for you.

Her skin you turned fur,

which covered your kith and

kin in winter and,

linen in summer;

ceaselessly, African fingers

tilled the lands that fed you.

Upon their shoulders and

their heads without carrier

pads,

they carried all the loots

in their lands to your

chosen destinations.

At your tables they served

day and night,

in your vineyards,

naked-they cultivated-

that you may lacked nothing.

Their women you turned to

sex objects for your pleasure,

their kids you turned guards

and sentries to watch over

your children.

Their biologically imbued men

you turned breeders and

bloodstock for copulation,

to give you healthy souls

for labor in your courtyards.

Unending Revised Servitude:  

Europe-in you was once upon

a time-

an empire where sun never set,

empire that once controlled

one-third of earth’s land mass and

fifty percent of world resources.

From ocean to ocean, sea to sea,

one end of the earth to the other,

she honked everyone heard her;

whenever she roared,

every soul trembled.

At will she decided

who should be set free and

who would not without

convincing reasons.

Europe for your interest,

unrelated geographical

territories you created

in Africa,

people of different cultures,

outlook, and social systems

you herded into same pen,

for your immediate and

long term gains.

Even now that you are

technically off stage,

evils planted centuries ago,

superiority of race,

hate, slavery, servitude, and

mistreatments have become

a giant sequoia;

it branches and foliage provide

shade to modern world,

fruit from it keep shaping

today’s thinking just like

yesterday.

Europe-your yesterday

immoral trades-

driven mainly by profits have

created today’s corrupt and

inequalities in all spheres of

human endeavors.

Sad to say, yesterday’s

mistreatment and

dehumanization on your

victims have refused to go

from their offspring’s

memory-centuries after.

Rather modern day actors-

who are directly or

indirectly related to you-

found joy in perfecting

yesterday’s modus operandi,

techniques, and procedures

to subjugate the weak,

hound the feeble, and

harass the powerless.

Even as the offspring of

yesterday’s victims are

crying of evils their ancestors

suffered,

today’s evils against them

are worse.

When will the evil be over?

When will the children of victims

and children of erstwhile masters

sit just as one in the same courtyard?

When will your faucet dispense

water of fairness, justice, and equality?

Justice: A Dying Human Attribute and Character.

Justice: A Dying Human Attribute and Character.

Before your throne-

sons of man concourse

to seek redress and healing,

to complain, and

to exact reparation.

Daily, your temple is

inundated with pains and

complaints of every living soul

that gather to seek remediation

for a wrong or a loss.

In you humanity believes to

set straight something

crooked,

in you mankind trusts

to correct something

defective and deficient;

in you mankind relies upon

to avenge the wrong.

Deliberate or willful,

justice is delayed,

in a seeming reality,

justice is denied.

For people of noble birth-

powerful, rich, and  wealthy,

with ease they obtain justice,

for the humble and

people of little means,

every time they are told to

wait upon the Lord.

Justice! Justice! Justice!

Where are your denotative

more so, visible magnetic strings

that draw homo sapiens to you?

Where is the blindfold woman-

symbol of impartiality?

Where are the pair of scale and

sword,

symbols of equity,

fairness, and punishment?

Lustitia-where are you?

Themes-it appears-thou is

sleeping;

Dike-are you on a journey?

Justice-when you travel on

highway-the road becomes

safe for passers-by,

justice, when you serve

as sentry-equity and fairness reign

in the courtyard.

Justice-when thou sits on

judgment throne-

every one-free and slaves

become exulted.

When justice complements-

power-sun of righteousness

shines upon all;

when justice supports

wisdom,

peace and tranquility

reign supreme.

Justice-where thou be-

still sleeping? Wake up;

on a journey!

Please, return home.

Brussels: The City of Seven Gates Cry No More.

Brussels:

The City of Seven Gates Cry No More

Again senseless killing in

Brussels,

bloodshed in the heart of

Europe,

anguish in the land of seven

gates,

wailings in the pentagonal

city of Brussels.

How painful to know that

the cry is neither from

war nor defeat at war,

but wailing from

man-caused evil in  

the historic city of

Flemish, Wallonia, and

Dutch;

the city of three great

cultures,

City of Brussels.

A day of sackcloth in

Europe as-Brussels-

its un-official capital

was attacked by the

forces of evil;

a day dark brown

chocolate turned to

pool of blood.

A day Liege Belgian Waffles

refused its early morning calls

for breakfast,

a day Brussels Potato Fries

shunned frying pans and

grills;

friteries or frietkot have

nothing to serve for

breakfast.

What an atrocious day in

Brussels as beer making

equipment kits went into

sleep with no notice served,

grains, malt extracts, hops,

yeast, and sugar declared

a day of mourning;

a day of no fermentation,

filtration, and bottle corking.

A day of standstill in

Brussels,

A day Moon refused to

appear and the twinkling

stars failed to show up

in Brussels’ sky,

a day sun refused to give

its light.

Brussels-why the bloodshed?

Why did the soldiers of

darkness strike within

your gates?

Should we ask-

ISIS and its other

brethren-in-violence-

what do they want?

What is humankind offence?

Should they seek retribution

by means of violence and

blood?

Should they become a judge

and a prosecutor in their

case of sanitizing the world?

Fanatical groups around the

globe may be pushing their

luck too far,

humankind patience may be

running out on crimes against

humanity these cowards

continually perpetuate,

humankind emotion express

by cry may be waning

because of every time evil.

Now is the time to

apply all applicable brakes-

physical, emotional, mental

financial, cultural brakes-

these soldiers of evil

receive from their sponsors.

As Belgians cry and mourn

on recent attack in Brussels;

we say:

CRY No More,

GRIEVE No More, and

WEEP No MORE.