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Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
COMING AND GOING
COMING AND GOING
COMING AND GOING
In Zimbabwe rain is an eventLike the sighting of a new moon
In the fasting month of Ramadan
The butterflies display a short-lived beauty
Before they become the sparrow’s festive dish
Beautiful angels in a distant dream
Of babies in the reeds and life after death.
There are more prophets of doom
Than angels from Heaven
Most rivers are silted
With fertilisers and asbestos powder
From the higher-ranking scientific politicians
Whose power to stop development
Can be measured in kilogrammes of pain
No gatecrashers at Heroes Acre please!
You have to have been mafia to qualify
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COMING AND GOING
In Zimbabwe rain is an eventLike the sighting of a new moon
In the fasting month of Ramadan
The butterflies display a short-lived beauty
Before they become the sparrow’s festive dish
Beautiful angels in a distant dream
Of babies in the reeds and life after death.
There are more prophets of doom
Than angels from Heaven
Most rivers are silted
With fertilisers and asbestos powder
From the higher-ranking scientific politicians
Whose power to stop development
Can be measured in kilogrammes of pain
No gatecrashers at Heroes Acre please!
You have to have been mafia to qualify
COMING AND GOING
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