I have overstayed my visit in this hapless land.
I came as a child in an adult body
strapped on my shoulders were burdens of my father.
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My borrowed adult tongue and voice
preached of togetherness,
oneness of love of one another.
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They scraped off that virtue,
they wanted me to wipe their bottoms with my forefathers’ tears
after they have farted into my brain
and endured their scorns, whips, traps they set on my ways
only themselves to be trapped.
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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.
