Sad porcelain mouths, br grace once-handsome ebony faces of tribal men. br Beautiful lost smiles of women and children. br Lost to a slow-growing, enigmatic, detestable virus. br Strong, vibrant and fit men no more, br reduced to gaunt, frail, skeleton-like bodies. br Crawling in the soil, begging for help. br Fearful, helpless people, dying without dignity. br Babies lie crying beside their mothers’ lifeless bodies, br due to the infestation of a horrific virus, known br to man as AIDS, br Threatened, weakened, with no strength to run, br Tall innocent men, brought down to their knees. br Shortly thereafter a painful good-bye. br Settling them into a deep, deep sleep, br until the end grows nigh.