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If I had a Daughter

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I’ve been accused of everything that a man can be accused of. It’s a sweet miracle that I’m not in prison with serial murderers & international terrorists. But don’t be surprised if that happens in the next few years. All the accusations & possibility of long-term imprisonment don’t make me lose a second of sleep. And I hardly ever defend myself against the wicked allegations, but I’m writing this letter as one recent accusation from a human, with whom I’ve spent ocean loads of ‘real time’ in 2018, is more out-of-line than Trump is as the US President. The Allegation: “At times, I’m exactly like her parents.” True that I’m twice her age [I’m 37; she’s 19], & if some things had ‘fallen in place’ between a girl I was sorta dating when I was 17, I could’ve had a daughter her age. But, that’s where the comparison takes birth & dies. Her parents and I are as apart as Jews & Nazis, as Gandhi & Osama. Three days ago, her parents denied her permission to

Piano Man

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The past two weeks, I’ve been hypnotized by the diss tracks of the lad who wrote Stan On Tuesday, it was time for a change; to move from slim shady to The Piano Man After being blown away by rappers’ beef’s razzmatazz,  I was about to dive into soul-piercing blues & jazz In this alternate journey, I was to join three Gen-Z tech-slaves at 8.oh.Five But for these dolts arriving on time is a monstrous crime Their running late would usually get me all riled but I already had something bigger on my mind While on my way to the venue of live performance  I got a message about my former school that left me in distress I snapped out of it as I got outta Metro and climbed up the stairs Instead of waiting for the trio, I decided to walk the distance I met them morons at the venue’s threshold with customary hugs All three were out to impress in birthday Ts, pretty dresses & blue-green tresses The usual three stooges were now fab four Even I was cu