Nkosilathi Zinyane Poems

We shall see.

Will we be gathering together
On that fateful day
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Wheat and chaff are two
Chaff makes wheat
But wheat not chaff
Wheat is wheat as wheat
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Just as steam from a pot rises
Spreads and vanishes in mid-ascent
Is the life of man whose very existence
Is so short and calculated on this planet.
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Just then (Storm)

See the sediments and the rubble
The evidence of a struggle
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You have eyes that attract like a baobab tree
Where men, women and children get refreshments for free
Your teeth are milky as the fruit itself
Your hair dark as the kernel that remains after sucking the milky fruit away.
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Beloved

What gift can a husband
find his wife, i know not
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Holding on is not forever
It is for a while, a moment
There is a time to let go
Of the will and of all
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Not one
Or two
Nor three
but four
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Thoughts
Women are the heroes
We have
they nurture our kin and blood
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Empty wallet

Day in day out
With you saddled about
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