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Poem

Batsirai E. Chigama

ZIMBABWE

ZIMBABWE

ZIMBABWE

Like eating olives
we have acquired the taste of discomfort
over the longest time
it has gently settled on our tongues
with the likeness of forgotten dreams
small things too much a luxury
for us to hope for
Without water to flush the system
We are eternally constipated.
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ZIMBABWE

Like eating olives
we have acquired the taste of discomfort
over the longest time
it has gently settled on our tongues
with the likeness of forgotten dreams
small things too much a luxury
for us to hope for
Without water to flush the system
We are eternally constipated.

ZIMBABWE

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