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To Louisa:

Life showed us immense kindness when
One day, a princess was born into our home
Uniting estranged brothers,  nay, brethren
Into one hive, into one honeycomb
Solomon, Henry, Paul and Stephen
All brothers of yours
Armed themselves morning till evening
Brooms swathing at insects by the gross
Revelry revealed in our victory dances
Aunty wakes up in anger to shut us up
Halting our steps and prances
A queen you were born to be
Mom is proud of you; so are we

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 6/12/2017 6:07:00 PM
a lovely tribute Henry:-) hugs Jan xx
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Henry Ategie
Date: 6/13/2017 4:40:00 PM
Thanks Jan. It's a tribute to my kid sister, Louisa. Love her to pieces.

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