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POEM: African

My name is an African daughter
They took my childhood from me
I became the daughter of Achilles
I’ve been worried
I’ve been hungry
I’ve suffered
I was a kid.

I grew up early,
Like all the unfortunate women of this land
Life is too hard –
Life is cruel, unfortunately cruel

Life is unfair to women of this land
Life…

Love Letter From Me to Me

Dear Self,

There is so much I want to tell you. So much more to apologise for. If it was the usual circumstance between two disembodied individuals, I was going to say, “I can only imagine what you have been through.” But I won’t say that because I know you…