William Mpina Poems

What a painful parting
After hours and hours of waiting
Followed by hours and hours of hearing
Unrefined songs from minibus touts
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As geckos fail to lustily peep
As chameleons ignore to pompously walk
As vultures proudly fly towards million carcasses
I wake up
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I came to see you
I came to see my in-law, my cousins, and my nieces
I came to see my cousins, my sisters, and my brothers
Even crickets that chirp in the forests
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Sisi
Grandpa is gone
It’s not about how we
Turn and stare at his coffin
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So, are you gone?
Have often thought about you
Spent sleepless nights in my rags
Walk long distances
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Hiking one lazy afternoon in August
An old owl greets me
“Good, my boy, good.”
Exasperated, I pivot my neck to look at him
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