Author: Frank(ie) Talk
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Mhla siwelela kwelolizwe zukhumbule oku/ 5 anecdotes of love
1. To you, “let’s move in together” is an unknown declaration of love. Unknown, to the other party that is. A statement of faith to jump head first, both sweaty palms and bright-eyed wonder into the abyss, trusting to happen upon that which is glorious. Or it is to say, here, this is the passage…
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For Liz: the dream and the hope of the slave
We met at the nascent of womanhood, Our girl shells fracturing to make room for our forming Toffee-nosed early 20 somethings walking tall like we had clocked this life thing Our ostentatious lives serving as tell-tales of our jutting. The reality of adulthood soon washed over, Our days drowning in scorn at the feeling of…
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e345 eMsoRed
1. The bed feels eerily tiny when I’m sleeping next to my mother. I have mastered the art of sleeping ngecala ekoneni because you make one wrong move and she gets up. “Kwenzekani?” her shouting song back to the land of the living. 2. It’s Tuesday and Vuyisa’s day to cook – read: another “soccer…
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