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    Why Are We Still Together
    Why Are We Still Together
    Why Are We Still Together
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    Why Are We Still Together

    By Steve Igbokwe

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    Why Are We Still Together is a book you will want to read yourself and give as a gift to friends and family. If you are sad, it will lift your spirit. If you have challenges, you will find poems to encourage you.
    The book represents the author's journey through the bittersweet world of love, the interesting issues of daily living and the complex world of politicians and how they play their game, especially in the author's home country, Nigeria.
    This book witty, pungent and philosophical. You will find it entertaining and easy to read.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 22, 2011
    ISBN9781463448707
    Why Are We Still Together
    Author

    Steve Igbokwe

    The author lives in Owerri, Imo State of Nigeria. He enjoys writing, reading driving, walking, watching soccer and tennis games.

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      Why Are We Still Together - Steve Igbokwe

      © 2011 by Steve Igbokwe. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 08/25/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-4869-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-4870-7 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011915047

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN ZAKI-BIAM

      A FRIEND IN NEED

      A SONG FOR THESE TIMES

      ANOTHER THING

      BLAME THE GODS

      BROKEN WINGS

      CHEATED

      CHOP I CHOP

      CONSOLATION

      DIE FOR ME

      DOING THINGS

      DROWN

      EPITAPH FOR A DREAMER

      EXPENSIVE SIN

      FAIRY SUSAN

      FALLING IN LOVE

      FOOT STEPS

      GENEALOGY OF CHEATING

      GIVE ME A FULANI GIRL

      GOD I’M TRYING HARD

      GOING TO HEAVEN

      HARD WAY TO TRAVEL

      HERE COMES THE SUN

      HOPE

      HOW LOVE HAPPENS

      HOW WE COME AND GO

      I AM THINKING ABOUT YOU

      IF THIS IS LOVE

      IF YOU BELIEVE

      IN LOVE WITH LIFE

      IN SEARCH OF ANONYMITY

      JESUS CHRIST!!

      JUST A WAY OF DECIDING

      JUST THINKING

      LET THERE BE PEACE

      LIVING DEAD

      LOST FOREVER

      LOST IN THE GARDEN

      LOVE ON HER MIND?

      LOVE ON MY MIND

      LOVERS’ HELL

      LOVESWORTH 1

      LOVESWORTH 2

      LOVING

      LOVING A MAN

      LOVING A WOMAN

      LOVING YOU

      MARKET DAY IN ANGWAN TIV

      MEN AND WOMEN

      MOVING FORWARD

      MY LOVE

      NAKED GODS

      NEITHER SAINT NOR VILLAIN

      NICE THINGS

      OF COLOSSAL INFLUENCES AND MONUMENTAL CRASHES

      OF STATESMEN AND VILLAINS

      OF THIEVES AND ALTITUDE

      OF THINGS THAT DON’T GO AWAY

      ON ARMED ROBBERS AND KIDNAPPERS

      ON FRIENDS AND LOVE

      ON THE FRINGE WHERE WE LIVE

      ON YOUR OWN

      POLITICAL JUSTICE IN AFRICA

      POLITICIAN’S REASONS

      POLITICS THEIR POLY-TRICKS

      PRAYER OF THE SERVANT KING

      REMINISCENCES—KEN SARO-WIWA

      RHYTHMS OF INNOCENCE

      RIVER OF LOVE

      SELF HELP

      SOLD TO THE DEVIL

      STRONGER THAN PAIN

      SUNDAY IN ANGWAN TIV

      SUNSET AT NOON

      SWEET DREAMS OF LOVE

      SWEETER THAN MONEY

      TAKE PALM WINE

      TEARS FOR LOST INNOCENCE 1

      TEARS FOR LOST INNOCENCE 2

      THE GOAT SWEATS

      THE LAST STRUGGLE

      THE OLD MAN AND HIS CIGARETTE

      THE STOMACH RULES

      THINKING ABOUT YOU

      THIS LIFE

      TO MEN OF HONOUR

      TO THE INCONSIDERATE CRITIC

      TRANSITION

      TRYING TIMES

      TWISTED MINDS

      WAITING FOR THE SUNSHINE

      WAR ON MY MIND

      WEEP

      WHAT’S IN A WOMAN?

      WHEN HOPE DIES

      WHEN THE LAST SUN SETS

      WHY ARE WE STILL TOGETHER? 2

      WHY ARE WE STILL TOGETHER? 1

      WIFE!!

      WILY FULANI MAIDEN

      WITNESS

      A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN ZAKI-BIAM

      Men and women gaily dressed head to church with children in tow.

      Young boys and girls adorn their best clothes

      Marching boisterously in animated chatter.

      It is the most colorful day in town.

      It is Sunday in Zaki—Biam, the two legged town of yam and enjoyment.

      There is no arduous pushing of wheel barrow loads

      Of yam tubers in the dusty yam market today.

      No bumpy rides on the rugged bush roads

      Trucking endless pick-up loads of yam to the market.

      No half-naked men oozing sweat

      From heaving chests and throbbing muscles.

      No yam tubers flying hand to hand

      Into the gaping bosoms of 911 trucks.

      Nobody will make money from yam today.

      Not sellers, porters, loaders or even truckers.

      It is Sunday, the most

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