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* Jwani Mwaikusa (1980: 63-64), 'Summons: Poems from Tanzania', TPH.
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I was once a fighter,
A fighter of great prowess,
A fighter of great calibre.
"I am a fighter!" I shouted,
And before I had realised it,
I had won the fight.
My opponents gave way
And surrendered with fear
"You have won," they said,
And grim faced, they left.
Without another glance at me, they saw the fighter,
Carried shoulder high by cheering supporters.
"I am a fighter!" I shouted
But there was nobody to fight,...read more [6]
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