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POETIC TURN: City Clock, Whose Time?

By Shem Onderi City clock—who designed you?What idea shaped your face,your height,your place above our heads? Perhaps the city struggles with time,with watches,with remembering to

POETIC TURN: The Fixers

The nation is broken, disjointed on many fronts,With loose joints everywhere, some beyond repair.Before the fixers were identified,The nation pleaded for repair with the right

POETIC TURN: Crocodile Tears

Many have spoken of you, cloaked in satire.You are renowned in the literary world.I long to see your colour—to watch the crocodile shed its tears.

POETIC TURN: The Fisherman, Deep Sea

By Shem Onderi For him, the night is working hours,He harvests all he can,Every creature caught in the net—even the unwanted,All that the net can

POETIC TURN: Banking Hall

By Shem Onderi A busy, open room,where everyone watches everyone else,suspicion moving quietlyfrom face to face.Even the teller is strict,measuring every transaction,because here, trust is

POETIC TURN: Curriculum of Blame

They tell the childchoose earlyname your talent at tenand carry it like a passport. They saythe West did it this wayas if history were a

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