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Chenjerai Hove

on being asked for a ruling party membership card

on being asked for a ruling party membership card

on being asked for a ruling party membership card

you asked me, party cadre,
for a membership card
of the ruining party.
what an insult
to the flowers and the birds
of my country
in my heart.
Chenjerai  Hove

Chenjerai Hove

(Zimbabwe, 1956 - 2015)

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on being asked for a ruling party membership card

you asked me, party cadre,
for a membership card
of the ruining party.
what an insult
to the flowers and the birds
of my country
in my heart.

on being asked for a ruling party membership card

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