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by Rethabile Sefoli (South Africa)

Making a local connection South Africa

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Genocide is my age I don't know where we are walking but I do know that I am bot doing a very good job of it . I try not to look on my left where our little dirt plunges into a steep valley If you are lucky there is an entire realm of agony that you just won't process as far into your mind as probe you can't find a single moment like it ...genocide is all I can think about The gentle midday sun ,gentle and warm suddenly becomes unbearable lightness pulsing heat on my forehead I thread yellow circles in my ears The genocide will soon turn 21 but the capacity to forgive is infinite mercy forsakes math and numbers