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DARK SHADOWS

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POEM TITLE: DARK SHADOWS  BY: SHEKWOWOYILO ENOCH                                                                                                                     As I walk to class every night To Jack and Jack my life out I'm faced with undefined traffic Of lots and lots of people Some sitting, some standing Some in open, some hiding Some chatting with one phone Some making unending calls As I walk to class every night I see dark shadows Many shadows in twos, in threes And even sometimes more Shadows of united beings Shadows of companions Shadows communing with each other Shadows of opposite sexes As I turn left and right I see so many cars Cars with one chance drivers Cars with four-one-nine passengers Some tricking each other Some slaying each other Some breaking hearts Some puncturing souls Some postponing the present Some thwarting dreams Every night is a night Every night is a busy night With the girls' hostel gate being the gar