Iintsomi
Iintsomi
1. Awé awé
2. Woken by a distinct raucous of fellow farmers
3. Pilot holes whistling Atlantic squalls and the mourn for last supper.
4. I’m sardined into a bakkie.
5. Eks Langa Mathews. Coloured
6. Too white to be coloured, too coloured to be black .
7. I lay my head in Khayelitsha
8. Sometimes
9. Once, the crypt pipes egoli
10. Bon fired by faith
11. Today’s pick should fill my cup
12. I’m certain only wealthy deserve to live
13. Groomed in Genadendal
14. Bobotie umphokodo , the half-full primus and ma’ se houtlepel set the sun for a better tomorrow.
15. Age 16 picking the fruits of labour with no return of flavour
16. hopes fermented into yesterday
17. Drunk from the thoughts of tomorrow
18. Shosholoza Meyl, Jozi Maboneng!
19. 30
20. Finally, a ceramic roof, face brick wall and skopo for supper ema roomini ase Eldos
21. Neon lights dime street life reality
22. Palesa seeks refuge at the tip of the ‘alpha’ mans’ ego
23. Forgotten teachings from the dining table as we said amen.
24. Wasted.
25. Sigidla va?
26. Thabo asylumed from haven off the curbs of Hillbrow to Avalon, ancestral calling that maybe this time he’s found home.
Copyright © Nontombi Khambule | Year Posted 2022
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