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CHROMAKOPIA: On the Nature of Daylight
(you are the light – it’s not on you, it’s in you) Prostrated before a receding dawn, a dying star, a smiling god—my city falls. I have seen it in the encroaching softness of the voice of the mother of my mother. I have seen it in the abscesses formed at the cut—the scars that…
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Good, Normal Chatting
Brand: “I don’t know Caden. It feels like everything’s sort of gone to shit, you know? And it’s like, that’s it; there’s no way back. We are just going to die and it’s going to be slow and horrible and ultimately insignificant.” Caden: “Yeah, I know what you mean. We’re fucked. At my age, my…
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Return of The Stall
Act I: Ozymandias The arc breaks. The prairie wind blows, carrying on its back dishonest men’s earnest sweat. It is an unforgiving summer, a dying season like no other. Between surviving and surviving, there is little space for longing or rest. The crops cannot be coaxed into maturity, the water bites with metallic poisons, the…
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synecdoche, harare
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to what do i owe the pleasure ? – Mpho Mampane
“Monday’s Sermon” To what/whom do we owe life’s misery? The joys, however few or many they may be, are well accounted for. There is little inquisition into the things which benefit us, bring us happiness, and otherwise make for a more positive experience of the human existence. It is a rare thing to want to…
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20-something in 2020 – Nicole Garwe
“Just don’t think about it. Treat it like it’s a normal day.” These were my mother’s words when I told her I was afraid to spend my 23rd birthday alone in quarantine. Turning a year older, alone in the midst of a global pandemic, approximately 8 000 miles from home felt – terrifying. I have…
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Finding G/god in Humanity – Moses Simbule & El Nicco
It’s apparent, now more than ever, that we got lost in this small world. Welcome back to the heavy wonderland that is my mind. It’s been a while; I hope the ones you love know they are loved. I AM extremely gifted: dexterous, brilliant, phenomenal, ingenious, adept…and whatever other words one might associate with their…
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god’s favourite customer – Ben Hlatshwayo
Disclaimer: -Throughout this piece I refer to god with a ‘small letter g’. This is not aimed to offend but mainly because I’m referring to a general concept of a deity and not a particular god. That being said “if thy Lord’s mighty foot fits the boot, forever may they be laced eternally” -I also…
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One night in Split – Ben Mallon
Standing in the reception of the hostel that was to be our home for the next week, we shared a laugh and became acquainted with a few of the other travellers staying there. The prospects of the coming days looked optimistic, and we found ourselves already making plans for the evening ahead with our newfound…
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With Love, from me to you & me: A call to care.
Hello. It has been some time since last we spoke. It has been ages, actually. I have missed you, and yet I have not. It seems as if the world is on her last legs. In case you missed the news, there is a virus, a pandemic that is moving swiftly across the globe, leaving…
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