By: Charles Mungoshi
This is Saturday Afternoon
Thunder in the air,
Banana leaves rusting against the wall
The muted sounds of the children
Playing rag ball out on the streets
I have done my laundry,
Washed up the pots, pans and plates.
My room is clean
I have just taken a bath;
I am sitting by the window
Far, far across the cocoa-coloured fields
Across the river at the foot of those hills
Cars, like matchbox toys, hurtle
Towards their weekend destinations.
I know I shall watch them
Crawl back again on Sunday evening.
I know it; they can never escape
Their destiny which is so deeply-etched
Somewhere inside me.
This is Saturday afternoon
With nothing to do
Thunder in the air,
Banana leaves rustling against the wall
The muted sounds of children
Playing rag ball somewhere in the streets.
I have done my laundry,
Washed up the pots, pans and plates.
I have just had a bath
Everything is clean, inside and outside
I am sitting by the window
And all the world is here.
Where could anyone, or anything
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