Mpimanyeto Mashimbye Poems

Eve
Sara
Esther
Mary
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This poem is about peace
It's not about sticks and stones used to break foreigners bones
It's not about passport stamps, social class or learning to speak in the right accent
It's not about learning to say "e ndololwane" before making your way to a taxi rank
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Shakespeare wrote
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet"
This is probably one of the most beautifully phrased western notions I have ever come across
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Even now
As I lay my head down to rest
My memories of you have already begun to lose their wonder
And by the time I wake
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Write me letters
I want to see your love
Write them in your own hand
I want to see the subtle tremor in your fingers
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When you
Move on
With someone new
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