D S Ngashang, An Elegy

Across the length and breath
Of humour land,
None so far has touched
 hearts
 in
A close interplay of service
 and humour like you did

A gem is gone across
 the river
But lives touched
 still evoke
Subdued laughter 
 in whispers
Because laughter is
 gone with the 
Wind of eternity.

Adieu! My friend
Your theatrical jokes embraced
 by friends and foes
Are ever living reminder's
 of the embers
Of living humour that once
 graced these
Shores,
These dour friend less land.

Though present no more,
But entrenched in my heart
 and many also,
 the jokes, the humour, 
 the mannerisms' all embodied
In the One and Only
Quintessential
D. S. Ngashang
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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