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June 9, 2026

A silhouette of a rifle with a soldier's helmet placed on top stands upright. The outline of Uganda in the background is filled with the Ugandan flag colors of black, yellow, and red with a crested crane emblem in the center. Three silhouettes of soldiers stand in a row saluting along the bottom. comrade TEXT: Honouring Comrade, Poetry, Aliker p’Ocitti

Published by Aliker p'Ocitti at June 9, 2026

Honouring Comrade

The brass band sounded the bugle call — the final roll call to signal ‘lights out’ for a man who will never die.

June 15, 2022

Published by Sue Cook at June 15, 2022

Enough

*Sensitivity warning: violence, gun violence, death, descriptions of blood, graphic descriptions of violence I can’t sleep tonightBabies are in cold storage instead of bedsThoughts and prayers […]