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Cosmas Mairosi

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VISIONS

VISIONS

VISIONS

I saw visions
crucified on cinema walls;
a crippled economy balancing on expired bank notes;
political slogans forced down children’s throats;
freedom manufactured into a delectable dish by
hooligans and despots.
Visions.

© 2004, Cosmas Mairosi
Publisher: First published on PIW,

Cosmas Mairosi

Cosmas Mairosi

I was born Cosmas Mairosi on 8th February, 1977 in Mudzi. My parents divorced when I was six and my father died when I was seven. I was raised in the custody of an uncle, my father’s brother, who lived in Rusape. I went to Chinhenga Primary School from 1984-89. Then I went to Tsikada Secondary School from 1990-93. In 2000 I graduated from Seke Teachers’ College with a diploma in primary school...

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DEAR LORETTA, MISTRESS MINE

AMAI CHIDO

WE ARE HERE

VISIONS

FREEDOM

THE SUN IS SETTING

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VISIONS

I saw visions
crucified on cinema walls;
a crippled economy balancing on expired bank notes;
political slogans forced down children’s throats;
freedom manufactured into a delectable dish by
hooligans and despots.
Visions.

VISIONS

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