Steps to Heaven or hell
That’s the only real decision we make in life
We make not life itself
The blame is laid across the busy city streets
The blame hangs proudly
On the American flags we wave
Placed in the mouths of preachers
Who preach inconsistently in the pews
On Sunday mornings packed with the hypocrites
Never forget the lies in the sheets of the bed
We slept in last night and made this morning
Ryan Johnson
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About Ijagun Poetry Journal
Ijagun Poetry Journal is a quarterly journal that provides a platform from which we can tell our own stories in the authenticity of their multiplicity through the poetic medium. We don’t want to hear these stories from our master “griots” alone; we want to hear from those mastering their art, too. Hence, we aim at publishing new and emerging poets. We also welcome the works of established poets in order to encourage the poetic genius of those mastering poetic art. We prize original works that conform to, break or reinvent conventions. Again, we accept reviews and critical essays on poetry. We also accept powerful art works and photographs that make us appreciate the "poetry" in everything.