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Charles Mungoshi

PROPERTY

PROPERTY

PROPERTY

Since the time I learned that
property can be both
a blessing and a curse
I have been trying very hard
to hide this realisation
from people closest to me –
those people – kith and next of kin
who are likely to prosper or suffer
through the impoverishment
of my circumstances.
Charles  Mungoshi

Charles Mungoshi

(Zimbabwe, 1947)

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PROPERTY

Since the time I learned that
property can be both
a blessing and a curse
I have been trying very hard
to hide this realisation
from people closest to me –
those people – kith and next of kin
who are likely to prosper or suffer
through the impoverishment
of my circumstances.

PROPERTY

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