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THE STORY OF OLD MAXWELL OF UMUEGWU Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI

Slightly aged, he was so reticent and taciturn. He preferred to live in solitude. Scarcely looked up to see your face and overtly disinterested in what your duties and games were all about. He would seem to be unperturbed and very unconcerned about goings on in the community and his environment. We saw him walk down the seaside always with all solemnity and all reverence of calmness, he rarely looked at any faces. The particular wonder was his especial abandonment of all entreaties, pleasantries and cheers. As if he was already telling you to keep your greetings to yourselves; he never responded to any greetings. No matter how loud you greeted, old Maxwell never responded. Not even in the softest nod or wink. Never! I am very sure that many carefree young people will pass him for a deaf or dumb or both. Yes, and they would have allowed him go without bothering why he never responded to their greetings. Surely, they would have taken him for someone impaired in natural speech or some old

AMAZING BAD gOD Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI

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It was our thinking to build Yes, to build a heaven on earth He came to us painted as god Yes he came as one earthly one He talked angelic and suitable He looked tough to our fears Our wish was a killer of our fears Our fears will be killed alas It was all dream and we now pray Yes we pray that we get awake Let it be over, leave us now Oh god of the north Dressed by the west Bought by few in the east Hallowed by the south When is your leave? You're mute in times of words You act in one-sided spirit Your skills were our worship You actually have lost them Lost before you came on Lost to age or something else To whom we may not know To where we may never be told But we never knew... Your honesty and firmness Your hate for wrongs Your thirst to deter and  Your gusto to stop the bad Your fame for all things good Can I tell you something? They're all gone from you They're all vanished into nothing You've fertilized hate Fed fat discrimination Nourished wrong favours Served f

LETTERS TO IZUK'URE Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI

Dear daughter If I have your power  I'll create a new world  Where you'll be an only angel Sole Queen and all adore But I own this, I'll give it all  Love is the greatest ornament Give it only to valuers One who will keep it clean Place it for the world to see Care for it for its character Fragility is her traits Don't hurt whoever brings it But know the truth from others Its genuineness is everything Just all you need The world is an art Craft yours enviable Add colours to your work Create and recreate it Make it dazzling and charming Define your concepts Let no other give you meaning Determine your system Rule it till you transit Life is an imagination Create your perceptions Nothing is all bad Nothing is all good A little here and there Just let the good get more Just predominantly good Everything here is an idea Get creative, get a tall dream Fear is a coward A coward that kills warriors But the brave and courageous With ideas, you own a world Make it fearsome and g