saul sibusiso mashinini
aka minus maquestion kgosing
’76 soweto student
served in student structures
skipped south africa
sincere and selfless
sweet soldier
sensible spiritual squire
sworn to non-surrender
served selflessly
sent to surveillance
sharp shooter
stood for self-rule
shit on white supremacy
strong and sincere
sometimes strict
sang freedom songs
share his soul
separated from siblings
struggle soldier
studied in soviet
shot in swaziland
shoulders stored shrapnel
smuggled stalin organ
stayed in somalia
survive security branch
supported ‘spear of the nation’
super spy
soft spoken and systematic
sabotaged by sell outs
spent time in solitary confinement
sacrificed by soul mates
strong sense of serving
slept in shallow sites
severely suffocated
sad state of affairs
severed of sight
sliced of sex organs
shocking shame
sleeps under the soil
search for sliced section stay
strange stuff
someone spit in our soul
still struggle to make sense of the struggle
someone speak to us
still in sorrow
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