there i go for not having internet at home - so late to finding out the bad news. can't decide if that is good or bad...

i can still see the last time i saw mpozi. it was years ago now, outside filos when it was still good. man, i can still feel the hug he gave me. no matter how big a hug you gave mpozi, it was always more of a case of him hugging you. he was just big like that.

i didn't know mpozi so well, but of all the people i have met in the world, he stands out as one of the brightest. you always came away with a little bit of stardust on your forehead from when he smiled down on you.

as the days go by and i get older and quieter, i notice the parts of my life that are full of luck. and knowing mpozi, however briefly, is one corner of my life that sparkles, being full of a charmed kind of luck. i'll be eternally grateful for that.

rip big man, rip.