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The split eventually had to come

Every memory held more than one sign

Admittedly, it impressed me

But why did it have to happen?


What kind of person in the right mind

Thinks it's a good idea to

Put a kid in a house full of wires?

Even with adults around


The wires weren't physical

Yet they were very much real

Guilt trips more people than pebbles

Or cracks on a poorly paved street


Apparently, I wasn't named till I turned three

Took Granny's maiden name

For reasons I cannot understand

And Osun, five lines


Five is a peculiar number

It refers to a vague iridescence

Or an abundance of wheat

Five lines in the sky, land, or on paper


What no one said but privately knew

That I'd be dull, my every effort fruitless

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