William Mpina
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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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I am a final year student at Chancellor College, the University Of Malawi. My works appear in atleast five anthologies published in Malawi and on line magazines such as expound magazine and author_me.com)
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What A Painful Parting
What a painful parting
After hours and hours of waiting
Followed by hours and hours of hearing
Unrefined songs from minibus touts
Catalyzed by ethanol satchets
Seasoned with 'chingambwe' smoke
Finally, the minibus kicks on
'Farewell boy, say hello to Roy.'
Says a smiling aunt to me
I fork out my arm
Down the road
People, houses, trees whiz past
Vruuuu! beeeeep!
Darkness, darkness at noon
'Farewell soul. say hello to Jesus.'
Says my body
So painful and uncompromising
What a painful parting!
NOTE: chingambwe is a chichewa(local language) word for raw tobacco.
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