{"id":6616,"date":"2018-10-11T17:33:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=6616"},"modified":"2019-08-24T20:42:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T20:42:32","slug":"paid-for-a-poem-by-mercy-eni-wandera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/paid-for-a-poem-by-mercy-eni-wandera\/","title":{"rendered":"Paid For. A Poem by Mercy Eni Wandera"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
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\nThe way she moves, magnificently strutting with a purpose
\nNo lazy strides in red bottoms
\nThe way she sits her ample behind
\nas if posing for the Vogue cover
\nThe way her darting tongue swirls from her bright cherry lips
\nOn her straw sipping on her Bloody Mary
\nThe way her aromatic aura wants for attention
\nHaving doused herself in Femme Fatale, her signature lavender fragrance
\nThe way she crosses her curvy legs and her skirt rides up her thighs to reveal grazed knees
\nThighs so thick everybody\u2019s uncomfortable
\nThe way the summer breeze caresses her gleaming brown skin
\nShe sits by the pier and pets her fluffy chihuahua with her painted stiletto nails
\nHer back is worn out, all in a day\u2019s work though
\nStill her whisky raspy laughter punctuates the laden ocean shore
\nShe removes her Dior sunglasses\u00a0 to reveal the most enchanting pair of eyes
\nBewitching windows that tell of ensnared souls unwilling to escape the abyss
\nThe way she gazes into the horizon with a grin and a hooded wink
\nAnd sighs with contentment
\nThat she finessed the gullible and the cynics alike
\nHer happiness has been guaranteed
\nThis queen\u2019s chaff is worth more than other women\u2019s (s)corn
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\nI am a young and upcoming budding writer. My biggest accomplishments in my less than a year worth of active writing have been being published in some of the biggest literary magazines like African Writer, Jalada Africa, Poetry Life & Times, and The Kalahari Review where I have won the Igby Prize for Non-Fiction. I have also been highly favored to start my personal blog (mercyonmeweb.com), which is my canvas that is always being filled with juicy storytelling, poetry and reviews.
\nAdditionally, I am a lover of the arts, travel and pop culture, and an unapologetic feminist.
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\nRobin Ouzman Hislop<\/strong> is Editor of Poetry Life and Times<\/a> his publications include All the Babble of the Souk<\/em> <\/a>and Cartoon Molecules<\/em> <\/a>collected poems and Key of Mist<\/em> <\/a>the recently published Tesserae<\/em> <\/a>translations from Spanish poets Guadalupe Grande <\/a>and Carmen Crespo visit Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a>about author. See Robin performing his work Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a> and his latest Collected Poems Volume at Next-Arrivals <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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