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Charles Mungoshi

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Poised on the thin edge of now
like a poleaxed tightrope walker


the past a roaring lion in the underbrush
the future a nuclear mushroom I can\'t swallow


this bare flat table I am sitting at
this blank white page I am looking at


beckon, like the drowning man\'s straw.
Let us bear your dreams any place, some time,
for you.
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Poet

Poised on the thin edge of now
like a poleaxed tightrope walker


the past a roaring lion in the underbrush
the future a nuclear mushroom I can\'t swallow


this bare flat table I am sitting at
this blank white page I am looking at


beckon, like the drowning man\'s straw.
Let us bear your dreams any place, some time,
for you.

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Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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