Number 22: The lost love letter.
Don’t tell me to be strong. Don’t tell me to move on. Don’t use your big words to make me doubt myself . Don’t tell me to smile...
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zizipho bam
- Apr 6, 2016
- 1 min
The Sky For Samantha
You are floating in the air. You are here but also there. You are not human body, carcass or dead but you are spirit roaming in the air....
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zizipho bam
- Apr 5, 2016
- 1 min
— diremasebe
“There comes a time when silence is dishonesty.” –Frantz Fanon, Towards An African Revolution via — diremasebe
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zizipho bam
- Apr 5, 2016
- 1 min
Thoughtful
1. What do writers do when they have too much to say? 2. How do they stretch time in order to fit in all they want to say? 3. Do you...
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zizipho bam
- Apr 2, 2016
- 1 min
Bluebird
there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see...
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zizipho bam
- Apr 2, 2016
- 3 min
Beauty Classes in the Bus
She takes out a small mirror from her black leather purse. Traces the shape of her face in it. She lifts the wrinkles on her forehead up...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 29, 2016
- 1 min
How to look cool in the doctors waiting room
1. Don’t read the magazines,those are for sick people. 2. Have a stare off with the old lady across the room untill she forgets she’s...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 29, 2016
- 2 min
Well what do you know
I don’t know how my niece sees the world as this place of infinite possibilities. I don’t know how to love without forgetting myself. I...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 26, 2016
- 1 min
Baby Sitting Nieces and Nephilims
When she finally falls asleep. The earth settles back into its place. She shuts her curious young eyes and piece becomes her name. ...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 25, 2016
- 1 min
To Travellers
To long bus rides To coffee and muffins. To home. To tickets. To luggage. To strangers. To elbow wars. To awkward...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 24, 2016
- 1 min
Code Name: Dragon Girl
THIS IS NOT A DRAGON I feel like a dragon. Breathing fire every time I open my mouth. You can try and get inside my head but you will be...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 24, 2016
- 2 min
Letter to Professor Bheki
Sir, your eyes remind me of the men in the city who’s dreams were over shadowed by the skyscrapers . These men do not look lost, they...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 24, 2016
- 2 min
What Are You Afraid Of?
I’m afraid of dying. I’m afraid for the loved ones I will leave behind who will do everything in their power to continue with life as it...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 23, 2016
- 8 min
I am an African-Thabo Mbeki. 8 May 1996
I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 22, 2016
- 1 min
Music
Music finds its ultimate justification in our hearts. -Adolphe Appia
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zizipho bam
- Mar 22, 2016
- 1 min
Like in the hour glass
How long have you been waiting? I feel like I am running out of time already, I am constantly on the move to catch up. I feel like I’m...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 22, 2016
- 1 min
Searching…
We are all looking for some place to belong. Looking for people to call our own. Looking for chests to lay on. We’re all here to find...
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zizipho bam
- Mar 21, 2016
- 3 min
To Uncle Frank
I want to thank you for your hands. For always obeying the itch when your hands needed you to pick up the guitar and play. For...
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