A mad man with ragged dreadlocks wearing a dirty white Steve Biko T-shirt,
is upsetting the city council’s bin,
the innards of bureaucrats puked out onto the pavement.
Shaking his head, he kicks the bin that toyi-toyis back
to the corner of Darling & Parade Street.
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Nixon Mateulah was born in Lilongwe in Malawi and moved to South Africa in 1996. Running Home is a fictional memoir based on his experiences when arriving from Malawi in South Africa during the early years of the South African democracy. He has published a number of short stories and poems in various online and print publications.
