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Dambudzo Marechera
The Lancaster House Dressing Table
The Lancaster House Dressing Table
The Lancaster House Dressing Table
Sylph orHarpy;
Madonna or
Whore?
Or perhaps plain Mrs Andy Capp?
I hear their
Bye-byes,
Gone with the tumult,
All that’s left to resign
Is this whirlwind role
This radioactive image
Of African mutants in transition.
© 1992, Flora Veit Wild
From: Cemetery of Mind, Section iv Buddy’s Selected Poems
Publisher: Baobab Books, Harare
From: Cemetery of Mind, Section iv Buddy’s Selected Poems
Publisher: Baobab Books, Harare
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The Lancaster House Dressing Table
Sylph orHarpy;
Madonna or
Whore?
Or perhaps plain Mrs Andy Capp?
I hear their
Bye-byes,
Gone with the tumult,
All that’s left to resign
Is this whirlwind role
This radioactive image
Of African mutants in transition.
From: Cemetery of Mind, Section iv Buddy’s Selected Poems
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