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Monday, 28 September 2026

Three pots and a pan - Batsirai E. Chigama

three pots and a pan
I want to return home
to my three pots and a pan

my rickety bed and chair
I miss the spider hanging in the kitchen
long dead and harmless

a reminder, many things may come to pass
but not you and me.
Home is you my love

your warm smile and touch
the way your arms wrap around me
like I am your whole world

Fiercely dissolving us into one
I want to return home and swim
in the ocean of your embraces.

Batsirai E. Chigama (born 1977) Zimbabwe
Source: Iowa The International Writing Program 

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