A Letter To My Mugabe

Uncle Roo
I forgot to celebrate your 89TH 
Birthday but as you turn 90 
May be i will 
Some how for the some reasons

You know it
Gaddafi Is dead
'king of kings'
who died like a mole in a hole
Was he buried in the sea or space?
Wise one i believe you know

Amin Is dead dead
'The king of Scotland'
Fell from his monarchy
Butcher of black
Far from black is buried 

Mubutu Sese seko dead dead dead
'The leopard king  
In the jungles of Zaire
Buried like a fox
Rests in peace?

Like Charles Taylor
The deer of Africa
Breathed and went breathless 
In the cage 
He shies away always 

Now Mandela sleeps
The true son of Africa
Not a king but a son
Our Mandela 
Our Tata 
Is gone
Son who wasn't a king
A son you become a father 
Mandela stands even when he sleeps

Sons stand Kings fall
My Mugabe 
Will you stand or fall?

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