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Batsirai E. Chigama

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Almost a father to us
And husband to our mother
A man who drowned himself
In ‘scuds’ of sorrow
Burnt his lungs till he choked
himself of life.
Batsirai E. Chigama

Batsirai E. Chigama

(Zimbabwe, 1977)

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Almost a father to us
And husband to our mother
A man who drowned himself
In ‘scuds’ of sorrow
Burnt his lungs till he choked
himself of life.

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