Love Poem: Love Parades Men Like Cartoons
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Written by: Samson Manyala

Love Parades Men Like Cartoons

Nothing but loving a woman 
Parades men’s minds the same.
The eye of a king to a woman,
The eye of a slave to a woman
All look with the same intensity.

Nothing but wanting a woman
Parades men’s minds the same.
The rich who is crazy for love,
The poor who dies for love 
All  behave madly
Like twins of the same womb.

Nothing but a need for a woman 
Parades men’s minds the same.
A monk who clasps his hands on the bed,
A sinner who embrace a woman 
All dream the same event 
And passing the night the same.

Nothing but a pride with a woman 
Parades men’s minds the same.
A genius who lectures on psychology,
A cobbler who only mends shoes
All behave like cartoons on the bed.

Love parades men like the cartoons
And libido,
Arises madness,
Obscures wisdom,
Making the higher and the lower
Just human beings
A species akin to apes.