TWENTY-ONE GUN SALUTE

KPIGIM . . .   KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .

 KPIGIM . . .  KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .

 KPIGIM . . .  KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .

Let us fire the guns

And give a twenty-one gun salute

In celebration of the heroes:

The resilient, when flames engulfed

The oceans of conscience and survived

The hyena’s banquets,

They are t he heroes; born to fight the lion

Hate the vulture, overtake the squirrels’ speed

Grow fatter than the elephant

And decipher the voice of sunlight

Upon the pyramids of sands in the sun,

And shut down the efficacy of

Talismans and hooting owls;

KPIGIM . . .  KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .

 KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .

KPIGIM . . .  KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .

Let us fire the guns

And give a twenty-one gun salute

In celebration of gallantry:

Of the shining stars

Bring the masquerades

And lighten the bonfire of hope

At the centre of the earth,

 KPIGIM . . .  KPIGIM . . . KPIGIM . . .                          01/02/ 10    SPA Library, Legon