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Undressing Under the Noon Sun

included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)

Charity Hutete

Akashic Books

Cover art by Aida Muluneh

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An African Roadmap

Everywhere,
the black tar wide and long
reaching even the land’s horn
is divided by very thinly spread
white stains which run along its core
determining who goes in which
direction and who stops where.

The tar enraged,
chews itself from the edges.
It may consume itself completely
before it’s free of the stain.

Charity Hutete
Undressing Under the Noon Sun by Charity Hutete Download Image
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