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    Mxolisi Nyezwa

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    SEA

    SEA

    SEA

    the sea is so heavy inside us
    and i won’t sleep tonight.
    i have buckets of memory in a jar
    that i keep for days and nights like these.
    © 2000, Mxolisi Nyezwa
    From: Song Trials
    Publisher: University of Natal Press (Gecko Poetry), South Africa
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    SEA

    the sea is so heavy inside us
    and i won’t sleep tonight.
    i have buckets of memory in a jar
    that i keep for days and nights like these.
    From: Song Trials

    SEA

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