Maji Maji
When Kinjikile found his spring
Did he really believe
He could turn men
Into Achilles?
Did he really believe
That his magic could transform
Bullets into water?
Or did he lie,
Convinced that courage
Will always trump
Cold German steel?
Would he still have tried
If he'd known about
Wovoka
And the Ghost Dance
Or would he have left
His gospel to die
A bastard orphan
In a savage land?
It's hard to say
When a man lives as much
In the spirit world
As he does
In the world of men.
(c) J S Phillips
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