by Togane
Then there are the salmon
they always swim upstream
no matter how far from home they swim
they never forget to come home
the salmon are the Macavity Puntland
their city Bossasso is
so beautiful
so peaceful
that it is home for all the clans of Somalia
Foxes have holes
birds have nests
Somalis have Puntland
for Puntland is
where Somali sons & daughters prophesy
Somali salvation
Somali greatness
Somali singleness of solidarity
for Puntland is
where old men dream dreams
where young men see visions
of the unity of the Somali Spirit
in the bonds of Peace
for the city of Bossasso is now the Boston of East Africa
for the city of Bossasso now is the beacon of light
beckoning
all beleaguered Somalis
all blighted Somalis
all benighted Somalis
all besieged Somalis
that is why I call the Puntlanders
the only gob of the Somali race
the only kings of the Somali race
the only aristocrats of the Somali race
the only Macavity aristo-cats of the Somali race
that is why I call the Puntlanders
the only custodians
of Somali honor
of Somali decency
of Somali dignity
of Somali integrity that is why I call the Puntlanders
the only custodians of our Somali collective conscience
the only custodians of our collective Somali destiny
for they are
the quiddity of the Somali race
the quintessence of the Somali race
when Gerald Hanley testified that
�Of all the races of Africa,
there cannot be one
better to live among than
the most difficult
the proudest
the bravest
the vainest
the most merciless
the friendliest
the Somalis�
I am certain
that he had meant the Macavity Puntladers
among whom he had lived.
