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petty games...
bishop-adam Ajilogba, october 2025

​Brooks Arts & Literary Magazine? 
More like Brooks Arts & Petty Games.

Oh, Brooks Arts crew, so high, so grand,
Rejecting a voice you don’t understand.
You brand yourselves as literary gold,
But your clique runs tight, and your hearts run cold.

Two lovebirds leading, their whispers in sync,
Deciding who's "in" as quick as a blink.
A wallflower sighs, but it’s easy to see
It's not my art, but your silence of decree.

What’s the fear, Brooks, of letting me shine?
Afraid my voice might outlast your line?
Petty games played in shadows so small,
Yet you claim to be artists who stand tall.

So keep your circle, narrow and tight.
But remember, real art thrives in the light.

BISHOP-ADAM AJILOGBA

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      • The Pain That I Love
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      • A Sheet from My Tita's Recipe Book
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      • Dream Sweet in Sea Major
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      • ULTRAKILL (Media Review)
      • Firebreak
      • Danganronpa Trial 3's: They Suck
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      • Two
      • Young and Pretty
      • Chimeras: Growing Up in Majority-White and Majority-Black Schools
      • My Favorite Color Used To Be Pink
      • Good Mother
      • Cancel the Mouse: Why New Disney Sucks
      • Is Hope the New Punk Rock?: Superman Movie Review
    • 10.25 >
      • Ignorance Is PURE Bliss
      • The Subjectivity of Creativity: How Wrongful Interpretation is Dangerous
      • Petty Games
      • If You're So Wise, Why Do You Come Off So Passionless?
      • How Animal Farm by George Orwell Still Speaks Today
      • How To Train Your Hyper-Realistic Live Action Reboot
      • Absense of August
      • Art fight Collection
    • 11.25 >
      • The Overconsumption Cycle
      • My Experience Being Painfully Insecure.
      • An Age-Old Question
      • They Hate Us Cause They Ain't Us
      • Transgressions Against the Father
      • Watership Down
      • The Black Phone 2: More is Less
      • How Fish Became Gods
    • 1.26 >
      • The Concept of One Individual
      • Police & Black Americans—The Battle for Civil Rights
      • White Hair Braiders
      • The Dust Under My Bed
      • Popular (Wicked)
      • “Carpe Diem, Seize The Day.” - A Media Review On Dead Poets Society
      • They Could've Made Anything, but They Chose This Book
    • 2.26 >
      • The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love
      • Is it Possible to Separate Art From the Artist?
      • Take Things Seriously
      • Blood-Covered "Love"
      • Sunflower
      • Iron Lung Review
      • Night In the Woods Analysis: The Hole At The Center Of Everything
    • 3.26