Do not launch podcasts with every
kindred soul that you meet.
Hold holy
Those interactions, exchanges
those unexpected friendships born in coffee
shops,
borne of sprightly and sporadic reverie.
Ah, you’re into Dostoyevsky too, I see
The Russians, aren’t they a marvel?
So crisp, so effortlessly adept at accessing the very axioms
Of life-mystery
But poetically.
Yes! Yes! And you’re into medicinal mushrooms?
What can I say- we’re all after third-eye insight
After some idea that’ll set the world alight
Anyway, drink up, then.
Bye, then, I need to pick up my pen.
Zama Moyo lives in Johannesburg. He completed his honours in international relations at Wits University. While busy with his honours, Zama was selected as an intern at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). He completed his MA in ideology and discourse analysis at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Zama has always loved words and penned a number of reflective essays on his personal blog Thought Box. He has also written on a broad range of issues related to current affairs. In 2013 he was selected as a finalist in the Global Human Rights Essay Contest which focused on ‘Human Rights Cities’. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis – On the intersection of ethics and public policy – at the University of Pretoria.
