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FOR PATRICK SHAI

For Patrick Shai 🕊️🕊️🕊️
By Hector Kunene We blew your ashes too soon! We shook the fruity tree roughly like a diamond cut in edges! Your story will be that of the best boxing match that never happened in the ring My heart sank when I heard of your landing I don't know how to put the pieces together to complete the image of your puzzle I am still in disbelief Perhaps I am in denial A story of a man who told stories and ended up as a teary story in a territory A foul patched with grief A dominant dire diabolical doom I suppose the moon knew That's why she delayed and deemed her light blue Yours hits too deep Shai I don't wanna lie So shall we pen your stone of granite as a man who beat Nyovest And place it on the hill in the west? You son of a gun Come back I dare you hun And wipe my tears away So peace may find me instead of the RIP's I see trending with The River I've been crying Sekwanele Sewulele vele So here lies a man who beat Nyovest As he cried himself to the bank and earned some 100K"s Beat by Shai,the best match that ended when it started A story of a thespian Stolen too soon a life well lived Well loved and well hated Well impressed and deeply depressed! Well shamed and ashamed Well apologized and well cancelled by the cancel culture that well shutters a dream of a man who failed and found his way to succeed returning as an activist, a much needed voice against GBV at a critical period in his generation A life well turned around A story of a man whose sin well judged too soon A well that dried up way too soon Away with cancel culture or else we are doomed as a nation A knife well stuck in our hearts Go thee well,and let your will be well done Amen!

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