Nkosilathi Zinyane

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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Not one
Or two
Nor three
but four
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Beloved

What gift can a husband
find his wife, i know not
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Just then (Storm)

See the sediments and the rubble
The evidence of a struggle
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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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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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Empty wallet

Day in day out
With you saddled about
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A closet I have not
But the bare ground on which I kneel
Which is not even mine
I pour out the shrapnels of my moribund heart
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Thirty pieces of Silver


The urge is great
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Who holds the compass of times
That tells of the future and past alike.
Who amongst the world is wise
That can calculate the stubs of grass.
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Overwhelmed

He wakes and writes to many
Much that equates plenty
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Thoughts
Women are the heroes
We have
they nurture our kin and blood
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When winds blow and children scream
When our pots are empty and our teeth clean
When our trousers are ragged and our women are naked
When we use papers to warm our chimney's
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