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Zuri
If you use Thika Road, you have seen them.
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Lessons From a 4 Year Old
I have a niece. She just turned four in April.
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Becoming | @gufydox
Young, I have lived this life with half smiles full frowns and numb fingers. I have imagined dragons and flown on backs Of fairies every time I put tooth under pillow. Those nights were full of colour Makes me want to be child again. To run around naked, Tempting the cold weather to send flu […]
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Too Much, Too Fast | @keedjo
It’s either love out loud, or cold shoulders from me It’s a bear hug or a handshake It’s my tongue down your throat or a half-ass look in your direction It’s too much- for me I want you, a little but in a big way I want to steal your soul by kissing you all […]
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Say a little prayer…
I have prayed in vacant rooms that were filled with benches.
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What Will You Do? | By @NyokabiWainaina
When you are too scared to breathe,
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What does peace feel like?
I can’t swim. I float, with great effort. With great concentration.
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Riot In My Brain
I have seen God in places holy people shouldn’t frequent.
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Create
There is a man. A saxophonist. He has let himself loose, so every Tuesday evening he plays his sax on Agha Khan walk, right outside the new Java. And because one day a week is barely enough; he comes back on Thursday evening and plays some more. Listening to this man play, feels like it […]
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Second First Date | by @sofaphilosopher
An awkward silence hangs between us, a pregnant silence which never precipitates. Like storm clouds gathering only to dissipate. The conversation moves along haltingly you shift, uneasy, in your chair. You clear your throat; self-consciously you pat your perfect hair. I don’t know who you are I who once knew you so well – Now […]
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