Category Archives: Thoughts

model birds

Sometimes, when i used to drive so fast, the road would start to look like a runway rushing by. i didn’t use to care if i would crash, because i have already been dead many times; my body has almost … Continue reading

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existentialism, time and carrots. maybe.

i walked in front of the motion-sensing flood-light just to see if i still exist. The warm yellow light flicked on and flooded over the cold snow and painted me as a long, strange shadow. i am still not quite … Continue reading

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“me?”

Did you know that i am adopted? Well, that’s what Collin convinced me of when i was little. (Isn’t that every basically every older brother’s job?) He told me that he found me out there in the woods under a big, … Continue reading

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same-same / day-night

It’s time for a lesson on American culture. Sort of. Have you ever heard the popular American saying, “Same, same but different!”? No? i had never heard that either until i a few years back when i spent some time … Continue reading

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shoshosho!

Last night was truly traumatizing. i was peacefully sleeping in my room when i woke up, feeling that something was wrong. Kwali-pup came crawling around the corner and proceeded to throw herself on top of me and have a seizure … Continue reading

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there really is no place like home.

Over the past week, i have been slowly arriving back here in Pennsylvania. My body got here on Tuesday night when my parents picked me up from the airport. It was good to hug them again. Since that night, i … Continue reading

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bleeding together

The days are really bleeding together now–not like wounded soldiers or mischievous brothers, more like the different dyes in a hurried batik. ‘Time’ flies and crawls and flies some more. Soon, i’ll be flying back to that land where i have … Continue reading

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to Limpopo, now!

If you’re looking for me, i’ll be “down by the banks of the great, grey-green greasy Limpopo river…” You see, that quoted line is from a book we read a lot when we were chillunz (kids). So, i am so … Continue reading

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a happy ending.

Now it’s time to tie up a loose end of an earlier story. You may remember my friend Paul. That is his apostle name. His African name, as he says, is Metobohay, which means jumping one. Here he sits with … Continue reading

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Mother of Melodies and Rain

it rained. and it was good. then, it rained some more. and it was still good. then it was cloudy. then it was blustery (can i say that to mean breezy?). and now it is raining some more. and it … Continue reading

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