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WHEN HEROES DIE

News of a death   Travels faster   no matter the distance,   But Heroes' death   travels at the speed of light.   The news was shocking!   The taste unpleasant!   There was sudden scream,   Then a crack in the sky,   Then total silence.   The wind brings home   The unpalatable news   From Nairobi, where it happened:   a bone was broken;   a rib was ripped apart;   a life was lost!   Torgbiwo....Mamawo....   I have come home   But not with a pleasant news   Not a tale from the hunters,   Who tell the tales of their adventures;   yet something similar:   broken scars and frozen smiles!   But first give me seat,   Then water   and let me break the silence   that will break your ears   and your hearts.   The feeble hearted must exit,   the children must join   If I must tell you....   The Good Old Professor,   The Scholar,   The Diplomat....   Had joined the ancestors involuntaril