AS IN SURVIVAL

AS IN SURVIVAL

AS IN SURVIVAL

...as in waking up at four am to hit the road as in road trip time watching the day break through a window as in norton, chegutu, kadoma, gweru, bulawayo, figtree, plumtree as in the dry stretch of barrenness between gweru and bulawayo must be metaphorical...
...as in dry riverbeds where water should flow it was an angry summer as in border queue at plumtree afternoon sun swelters as in warm conversation with cross border trader business is bad as in sitting on cement slab waiting on official stamps this is where lower back pain is obtained...
...as in sundown travelling through the kgalagadi brown lands flat for miles and miles, are we there yet? as in cheap takeaway supper chicken licken spicy soul food  spread the blanket sleep in the car backseat no money for cheap motels as in two am rapping on the window copper with his black torch saying move along, can’t sleep here humid interior moisture on the window pane...