Guest
Author Mahamud
Siad Togane Writes :
What
makes men dwell
together
in peace
Weel-waal
King of the Darod Bartire clan, one of the rarest ornaments of the Somali
race, called
for
a powwow with his braves & addressed them thus: "I want you to
return to your homes; I
want
each one of you to kill the best lamb of his flock & come back on
the morrow with the part
of
the animal that makes men either brothers or enemies."
When
the morrow dawned, one brave brought the royal shoulder so-called because
it is served to
royalty,
to heroes, to honored guests.Another
brave brought a good saddle of mutton; another
brought
a leg; another brought the ribs; another brought the liver; but when Omar
brought out the
gullet,
they blurted out in dismay and in disgust, in chorus: "What an egregious
insult! What
a heel!
What
a heller! What
a hellion! What
an awful hellhound to offer an offal to the father of us all to the
king of us
all!” But Weel waal smiled, saluting Omar as the wisest sage as the
savviest son of a gun
of
the Somalis saying, "Omar is right-on: The gullet is the symbol of
selflessness: The gullet is that
part
of the animal that makes men either brothers or enemies. The gullet
receives the food first; but the gullet is most selfless; like my mother
who always ate our leftovers; the gullet chooses to eat last; the gullet
does not hoard the food; the gullet does not hog the food; the gullet is
guileless; the gullet is guiltless; the gullet is no greedy gut at all!
The
gullet passes the food down; the gullet downs the food sending it
down down to each & every part of the body awaiting all the
while patiently for her fair share. O man of
greed & graft; go for it; go the distance; go to the mat; go for
broke; go to the gullet; consider her ways & be
wise.
So long as men share
fair & square as the gullet they dwell together like us in peace;
& behold how good how pleasant it is when brothers like us dwell
together in unity; but how can there be peace when one SOB seizes power
& self eating alone gloating slobbering silly & sick bloating with
pride playing with
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