Celina, You Must Be Earth By Now

Celina, you must be thorough earth by now, Decomposed matter: Food for plump plants and heavy earth worms. We still gather, as we used to gather Together, the water lily tubers -nymphae petersiana- by their laboratory Name but ‘Nyika’ as you used to know them You will turn Celina, in your grave. Churn With rage, Celina, When you get this that they now gather the Nyika together with us, and even Khumbi. And they now even trek with us to Thawalala, Malemia, Marka, Chindebvu, Chimombo, Nyachilenda, Nyamisale, Nyamadzele Dinde and Ndamela. Those same tapped legs Celina, No longer hallowed, but even barefooted; The feet burrow into the scorching sand. Those same lips Celina, no longer speak Serendipitous sacrilege to us. But together we sing The same songs, Celina that had us hiding and running.