We Decided To Plant Trees (The Star 24.08.09)
Filed in writing, August 24, 2009, 12:44 pm by Neemato plant blue gum trees because they would sell to the power
company, because it would help the environment, to plant,
even if we replaced the ones God planted – destroy them -
to make farms for profitable fashionable green things, like maize
and coffee, neglecting and forgetting the plants we grew before,
the trees that just breathed while gnarled [...]
Eulogy for a Pothole (The Star 17.08.09)
Filed in writing, August 18, 2009, 11:52 pm by NeemaThe pothole is gone; the one I hit once
and remembered every other trip home,
knowing it was there when I passed
like a road sign. It’s been recarpeted–
by the Chinese, mum says, only they
will fix a road in a day.
I drive over the spot to celebrate and mourn,
the same way you scatter soil over a coffin
before they [...]
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