Poem
Julius Chingono
ABUSIVE NAMES
ABUSIVE NAMES
ABUSIVE NAMES
On giving birtha woman
named her first-born
a daughter
‘Mistake’
The second-born
a son
‘Kickmore’
the last-born
a son
‘Forget’
Thereafter
she remained single.
For the remainder
of her bearing life
she did not dare
beget another abusive name.
© 2000, Julius Chingono
Publisher: First published on PIW in a special Zimbabwean edition, 10th June 2008,
Publisher: First published on PIW in a special Zimbabwean edition, 10th June 2008,
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ABUSIVE NAMES
On giving birtha woman
named her first-born
a daughter
‘Mistake’
The second-born
a son
‘Kickmore’
the last-born
a son
‘Forget’
Thereafter
she remained single.
For the remainder
of her bearing life
she did not dare
beget another abusive name.
ABUSIVE NAMES
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