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Tsitsi Jaji
MATOBO HILLS
MATOBO HILLS
MATOBO HILLS
Here lie the remains of Cecil John Rhodes, Colossus.Land-locked, rock-clad in dolomite, as he willed it.
Cairo would not have him; he would not have the Cape.
Here Rhodes lies, dead as diamonds.
No one digs him up. No one salutes, Bayete.
The view is wasted on him.
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MATOBO HILLS
Here lie the remains of Cecil John Rhodes, Colossus.Land-locked, rock-clad in dolomite, as he willed it.
Cairo would not have him; he would not have the Cape.
Here Rhodes lies, dead as diamonds.
No one digs him up. No one salutes, Bayete.
The view is wasted on him.
MATOBO HILLS
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