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The lion and his cubs1
They say farmer’s son will learn to take care of seedlings; / smith’s son will learn how to forge and beat the iron; / baker’s son will learn how best to bake
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Preliminary epitaph on Mandela
The Destroyer of the division machine1 / Had first to run on the Way of the Cross / To have souls over the long lived ruin.
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Python eats alligator
Mother fish sees her eggs devoured / by alligator that gulps everything on the sand / save her own eggs and children.
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Sovereignty
Not any character of the jungle, / At the time power was kept by the single / Lion kind, risked jumping into the lions’ jaws,
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Epitaph on Mandela (The rest of the Sower)
There at Qunu / Will rest forever / The Sower no one compares to
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The regret of Mikhail Kalachnokov
Young Kalachnokov made an odd discovery, / Odd because no beneficiary it had ever since. / He complained over
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Nelson Mandela in Libya
He did not forget the friend who, in need, / Had helped in the struggle against the sharks / In the white clothes, but whose hearts wore dark marks.
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Epitaph on Unknown Soldier
He’d been told his machine was his brother, / Sister, dad, mum, uncle, aunt, niece, cousin / And so. He loved it and, in bad weather,
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Categories of men
The first category is of upright / Men, just and well behaving naturally, / And always would like to do what’s right.
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Epitaph on Ariel Sharon
His life the sons of Israel celebrated / And the sons of Gath cursed / The sons of David wished
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