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Charles Mungoshi

In the wilderness

In the wilderness

In the wilderness

The torrid silence of the October sun.
Miles upon miles and miles of burnt-out plains.


Suddenly you realise
you are talking loudly to your
shadow.
Charles  Mungoshi

Charles Mungoshi

(Zimbabwe, 1947)

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In the wilderness

The torrid silence of the October sun.
Miles upon miles and miles of burnt-out plains.


Suddenly you realise
you are talking loudly to your
shadow.

In the wilderness

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