Hero To People

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Kenya rebel
Kenya hero
Hero of the people
Hero executed
Executed by hanging
Executed and buried
Buried in a mass gave
Buried in the morning
Morning of mourning
Morning end
End of his fight
End of his short life
Life as a freedom fighter
Life full of confusing propaganda
Propaganda by the British
Propaganda  by colonist
Colonist taking land
Colonist calling him terrorist
Terrorist or heroic figure
Terrorist the peoples fighter
Fighter against colonialism
Fighter of the Mau Mau
Mau Mau leader
Mau Mau uprising
Uprising and conflicts grew
Uprising and race relations violent
Violent gruesome affair and deaths
Violent Kimathi
Kimathi arrested wearing disguise
Kimathi arrested in Kenya
Kenya Nairobi at thirty-six
Kenya freedom fighter dead
Dead but not forgotten
Dead a national hero
Hero who was a threat
Hero who took an oath
Oath to the Land of Freedom Army
Oath in secret to reclaim land
Land stolen
Land British settlers took
Took with no regard
Took because they were British
British colonization in Kenya
British Government threatened
Threatened and needed to eradicate
Threatened by the African people
People erected statue of Kimathi 
People sing songs to the bronze   
Bronze . . .
Kimathi . . .  

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April 22, 2016

Poetry/Blitz/Hero To People
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All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

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