Daddy, I Wanna Be Like You

If you think you’ve met good people here on earth,
Then, am sure you’re wrong, wait until you meet my father, StephenMusau Nthuli, you’ll have to reconsider,
Let me introduce you to the most adored school headmaster i know, Mr. StephenNthuli…,
He’s a middle-sized, soft-spoken man who up to today, walks upright even in his early sixties,

You’ll will find my father glued to his rectangular shaped 15 inch telly at nine in the pm,
Watching as well as listening to his “fellow learned friends” from the fourth estate, media,
If you want to make my father a friend, carry with you a big book,
He’s a big fan of literature, something i can feel disturbing my innermost soul,

Father would narrate his life story as we crossed our tiny legs near the fire place,
How our grandpa passed away and there was…