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Chris Magadza
PERHAPS
PERHAPS
PERHAPS
Perhaps the illusion
Is the real,
And all reality
Is vain desire,
Where the desire
Is the having,
And the having is
Regret
Is the real,
And all reality
Is vain desire,
Where the desire
Is the having,
And the having is
Regret
© 2006, Chris Magadza
From: Father and other poems
Publisher: Poetry International Web,
From: Father and other poems
Publisher: Poetry International Web,
Salisbury, 1966
‘Perhaps’ was written in 1966, after the Rhodesia’s illegal declaration of independence.
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PERHAPS
Perhaps the illusion
Is the real,
And all reality
Is vain desire,
Where the desire
Is the having,
And the having is
Regret
Is the real,
And all reality
Is vain desire,
Where the desire
Is the having,
And the having is
Regret
From: Father and other poems
Salisbury, 1966
‘Perhaps’ was written in 1966, after the Rhodesia’s illegal declaration of independence.
PERHAPS
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