Submissions by BlackBoxPublicatio (Adeshina Lawal)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm not white, but I'm not black. I'm not Nigerian but I'm not American. I'm not Republican, but I'm definitely not a Democrat. I'm an American African and I straddle the fence. I'm constantly in defense of who I am perceived to be.
EROTIC POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2020 2:20pm
22nd Feb 2020 2:20pm
Annie Oakley
#lust
#erotic
#dreams
#morning
#sensual
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Feb 2020 4:52pm
21st Feb 2020 4:52pm
Aftershocks
In a world strapped in Global Warming we saw the warnings.
In the early morning Global Viruses likely cause crisis.
Like this, Financial Death lurks like the Grim Reaper.
Outdated Infrastructure is lethal to the community.
Obsolete Education makes this poem look foreign in America.
Flat Earth.
Plate Tectonics crack back in search of rebirth.
Perhaps nature doesn't nurture capitalism.
In the early morning Global Viruses likely cause crisis.
Like this, Financial Death lurks like the Grim Reaper.
Outdated Infrastructure is lethal to the community.
Obsolete Education makes this poem look foreign in America.
Flat Earth.
Plate Tectonics crack back in search of rebirth.
Perhaps nature doesn't nurture capitalism.
#politics
#environment
#pollution
#culture
#tradition
410 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
19th Feb 2020 7:03pm
19th Feb 2020 7:03pm
Desert Flowers
In the dryest of locations beauty still resides in the eye of the creator.
In the amphitheatre of the harshest environments God embraced the
Earth and sowed seeds of beautiful life that could withstand time's
brutality connected to the after life.
Beautiful wildlife brought to life with the Earth as the midwife; God
the Father as the pallbearer shedding tears of joy for her midterm.
Life is a beautiful moment so grasp it, life's so short it's tragic, but at the
right moment it's magic.
Attraction to God is magnetic for he created us in his image...
In the amphitheatre of the harshest environments God embraced the
Earth and sowed seeds of beautiful life that could withstand time's
brutality connected to the after life.
Beautiful wildlife brought to life with the Earth as the midwife; God
the Father as the pallbearer shedding tears of joy for her midterm.
Life is a beautiful moment so grasp it, life's so short it's tragic, but at the
right moment it's magic.
Attraction to God is magnetic for he created us in his image...
#angels
#spiritual
#TruthOfLife
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2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
19th Feb 2020 6:56pm
19th Feb 2020 6:56pm
Pandora's Purpose
Is it ok for men to express emotions like fear and regret?
Better yet is it ok to emote love and respect?
In our society we as men are raised to be strong yet blank.
Unpredictable yet reliable, silent but desirable.
Viable while still carrying a note of mystery.
An impossible feet but one that is required to meet society's inquiry.
But what about Pandora's box?
Once unlocked, her contents have been known to rock the very
foundation society stands on.
Sometimes with a bomb but also by the tip of the tongue or a pen.
Man must appear one way to...
Better yet is it ok to emote love and respect?
In our society we as men are raised to be strong yet blank.
Unpredictable yet reliable, silent but desirable.
Viable while still carrying a note of mystery.
An impossible feet but one that is required to meet society's inquiry.
But what about Pandora's box?
Once unlocked, her contents have been known to rock the very
foundation society stands on.
Sometimes with a bomb but also by the tip of the tongue or a pen.
Man must appear one way to...
#anger
#love
#hope #angels
#hope #angels
400 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Feb 2020 5:42pm
18th Feb 2020 5:42pm
Anubis' Scales
How heavy is your heart?
I knew it from the start that I couldn't take part in the shit that you do.
Anubis' scales will prevail and send your ass straight to hell after
consensus.
The tale of your life fills your heart good or bad, happy or sad.
Ironclad scales weigh your heart against a feather better hope you
enjoyed your life and shared love.
Love lightens the soul and the heart while hate crushes the body with
the pressure of a metric ton.
After death what's left of your heart will be put to test.
Only those who blessed others with...
I knew it from the start that I couldn't take part in the shit that you do.
Anubis' scales will prevail and send your ass straight to hell after
consensus.
The tale of your life fills your heart good or bad, happy or sad.
Ironclad scales weigh your heart against a feather better hope you
enjoyed your life and shared love.
Love lightens the soul and the heart while hate crushes the body with
the pressure of a metric ton.
After death what's left of your heart will be put to test.
Only those who blessed others with...
#love
#hate
#LifeStruggles
#spiritual
#confessional
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Feb 2020 5:26pm
17th Feb 2020 5:26pm
Algorithms
They come to understand us through numbers and baseline responses.
They satisfy our egos while unbeknownst they strangle the self.
They collect bookshelves of data and present us with false images etched in family members.
Do you remember December?
The face you made as that instrumental played?
It went with a meme.
It was connected to an article.
Hypothetically we call it fake news.
Designed to confuse the public and diffuse scientific community.
Fearmongering disunity with impunity.
They sell us things.
They tell what our...
They satisfy our egos while unbeknownst they strangle the self.
They collect bookshelves of data and present us with false images etched in family members.
Do you remember December?
The face you made as that instrumental played?
It went with a meme.
It was connected to an article.
Hypothetically we call it fake news.
Designed to confuse the public and diffuse scientific community.
Fearmongering disunity with impunity.
They sell us things.
They tell what our...
#hope
#technology
#coffee
#confessional
#LifeChangingMoment
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Feb 2020 2:10pm
17th Feb 2020 2:10pm
Millennial Mornings
Good morning millennials.
Hope all is well knowing damn well a quarter of y'all need bail from jail.
Rent pushing up good luck, I know half of y'all false upscale while three
quarters of y'all looking up from hell.
Hormones in food have you swole like Clydesdales but your parents
fridge is locked down without bail.
Widespread culture is dead.
Our generation so fed up wanting to buck our student loans cause the
government fucked up.
How do you charge $100k large to a brother with no job and cast him
to society?
Highway robbery, it's...
Hope all is well knowing damn well a quarter of y'all need bail from jail.
Rent pushing up good luck, I know half of y'all false upscale while three
quarters of y'all looking up from hell.
Hormones in food have you swole like Clydesdales but your parents
fridge is locked down without bail.
Widespread culture is dead.
Our generation so fed up wanting to buck our student loans cause the
government fucked up.
How do you charge $100k large to a brother with no job and cast him
to society?
Highway robbery, it's...
#LifeStruggles
#morning
#spiritual
#culture
#tradition
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ANGER POEM
Published
16th Feb 2020 3:17pm
16th Feb 2020 3:17pm
Common Sense
Voltaire says that common sense is not so common, but I disagree.
It is common sense that elected President Cheeto. It was with common
sense that slaves were used to increase the Confederate flag. Common
sense murders black men. Common sense dictates grabbing women by
the pussy. Common sense praises cut throat capitalism over good will
society. Common sense is gauged by popular culture. That which is
under common understanding is acceptable by society. Not all features
of common sense are ridiculous. It is common sense to eat. Common
sense...
It is common sense that elected President Cheeto. It was with common
sense that slaves were used to increase the Confederate flag. Common
sense murders black men. Common sense dictates grabbing women by
the pussy. Common sense praises cut throat capitalism over good will
society. Common sense is gauged by popular culture. That which is
under common understanding is acceptable by society. Not all features
of common sense are ridiculous. It is common sense to eat. Common
sense...
#hate
#politics
#CallToAction
#frustration
#responsibility
363 reads
3 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
16th Feb 2020 1:45am
16th Feb 2020 1:45am
When the Devil Played a Game with God and Man
And Satan said on to God "Let us play a game of tug of war, but with
a twist."
Understanding the duelist, God said "But of course. What are the
terms and conditions?"
Satan responds "My admonition is the power of free souls. Original
clean souls burn the brightest."
Delighted God responds "Clean souls are also the hardest to control,
are you bold enough to wrestle them from the body and myself?"
Satan jeers "You gave them so much wealth, and us so little. What
favor will grant me to even the scales?"
God curtails "Some souls regard us as...
a twist."
Understanding the duelist, God said "But of course. What are the
terms and conditions?"
Satan responds "My admonition is the power of free souls. Original
clean souls burn the brightest."
Delighted God responds "Clean souls are also the hardest to control,
are you bold enough to wrestle them from the body and myself?"
Satan jeers "You gave them so much wealth, and us so little. What
favor will grant me to even the scales?"
God curtails "Some souls regard us as...
#dreams
#God
#devil
#spiritual
#humankind
545 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Feb 2020 4:45pm
15th Feb 2020 4:45pm
Who Shot Chivalry
When a man opens the door for a lady what would you expect?
On the one hand it is an extension of mannerisms risen from home
training.
Remaining seated as a lady joins or leaves a table is fabled to be bad
taste.
Faced with journeying down a street with a lady have the man closer to
the road, a lady is never to walk the street.
He brought roses to her mother, and smoked cigarettes with her father.
All fuel for the fodder; She shot chivalry.
Indiscriminately slaughtered in her lust for ignorance.
They called him thirsty as they lusted for...
On the one hand it is an extension of mannerisms risen from home
training.
Remaining seated as a lady joins or leaves a table is fabled to be bad
taste.
Faced with journeying down a street with a lady have the man closer to
the road, a lady is never to walk the street.
He brought roses to her mother, and smoked cigarettes with her father.
All fuel for the fodder; She shot chivalry.
Indiscriminately slaughtered in her lust for ignorance.
They called him thirsty as they lusted for...
#men
#romantic
#FallingInLove
#crush
#passion
565 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
15th Feb 2020 2:10pm
15th Feb 2020 2:10pm
Angel Fire
The sun was shining when I kissed her.
It never occurred to me that she was an angel in disguise.
My eyes lit up to her radiant body.
In all actuality I was distracted by her psyche and beauty.
I don't take mental sexually lightly.
She might be the one for me but I know that God has kept her out of
my reach so I continued to preach the gospel of love.
I never cage a beautiful beloved dove.
My soul demands her but my body frees love.
I spot her and kiss her forehead.
I shed the coat of world war and we share the robe of love God gave us. ...
It never occurred to me that she was an angel in disguise.
My eyes lit up to her radiant body.
In all actuality I was distracted by her psyche and beauty.
I don't take mental sexually lightly.
She might be the one for me but I know that God has kept her out of
my reach so I continued to preach the gospel of love.
I never cage a beautiful beloved dove.
My soul demands her but my body frees love.
I spot her and kiss her forehead.
I shed the coat of world war and we share the robe of love God gave us. ...
#romantic
#city
#spiritual
#lover
#FallingInLove
493 reads
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EROTIC POEM
Published
14th Feb 2020 9:02pm
14th Feb 2020 9:02pm
Heat Stroke
#lust
#sex
#erotic
#dirty
#sensual
773 reads
3 Comments
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