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[tabby title="Poet Bio"] (For OK Matsepe) mphe serokolo ke kgeme, ketla tshwelatshwela thoko mme kase metše Kgadime. aowi! hle nkadime Kgadime! nkadime sagago sefepi goba sona selepe ke kgone go rema ka dika, ke kgone le go rothiša ya bjoko...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] (for Zimbabwe) armageddon on our doorstep diplomats floundering like zombies devoured like a hollywood movie an auspicious beginning a predictable, gory ending mugabe refuses to go quietly mbeki dances softly softly zimbabweans plead for mercy, mercy mercy...

i waited for it to break out to make sense. it, not pushing forth, caused me to pull it out, jerk it, urge it, force it. i waited... was inclined to plead, to beg, open my puppy eyes. *blink blink*...

There’s A spot I know of… Where there’s a balm for crippled spirits Where shadowed water slides on the sharp horizons round it. Trees in their Autumn Beauty Yonder by the stream I have looked upon those brilliant creatures Today...