KASALA FOR MY KAKU II Poem by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Mvidi Mukulu, the Elder Spirit, punished my Kaku with an absurdly long life
Kaku grew older, he broke down, but did not pass away for all that
he boasted he had been born in 1667, in 1756 or 1786
once, he even died for thirty minutes
and was raised from the dead as if nothing had happened

protester of the first rain, fine looking fellow
from the summit of his three centuries of age
my Kaku had the quick blood of a youngster