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An altar of meager dole
He blinks and winks anew
Like frying fry stew
Upon a Christmas ‘coal
Jerry dumb I became
To laugh over what funny tom
This lensed *mzee has become
In this pauper village
…Too lacking to litter sewage
*Swahili word meaning elder.
Written by: Ayiba Tare Ojukonsin
Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
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