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Julius Chingono

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SKIN-TIGHT

A skin-tight dress
is skin-tight fashion
that conceals
the skin-tight language
of the body
but reveals
the skin-tight relationship
between body and fashion

Julius Chingono

(Zimbabwe, 1946 - 2011)

Julius Chingono's poetry has been published in several anthologies of Shona poetry such as Nhetembo, Mabvumira eNhetembo and Gwenyambira between 1968 and 1980. His only novel, Chipo Changu, was published in 1978 and an award-winning play, Ruvimbo, was published in 1980. His first collection of short stories in English, Not Another Day, was published in 2006, and his stories were included in the...

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SKIN-TIGHT

A skin-tight dress
is skin-tight fashion
that conceals
the skin-tight language
of the body
but reveals
the skin-tight relationship
between body and fashion