USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Prisoners of Purgatory(Poem)

The word defied in line 19 should be defiled.

Thank you.

On Jul 21, 8:43 am, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.op...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We are marooned
> In muddle,
> In purgatory
> Between heaven and hell.
> We,
> Pronounced impure by prelates,
> Pressured into purgatory
> To peel off impurity
> And proceed to paradise.
> We remain
> Prisoners of purgatory.
> Unholy hirelings
> Holding holy writs
> Harangued and harassed,
> We handed our inheritance,
> Honour
> To hegemony.
> Our hallowed pulpits,
> Defied dignity prostrate
> To pretentious prelates.
> The gods grieve,
> Ancestors agonize
> At the precinct of purgatory.
>
> Source: Homeland Melodies And Other Poems
>            http://www.homelandmelodies.blogspot.com
>
> By Chidi Anthony Opara
>
> "The best way to serve God is to serve Humanity"

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