An African Summer

the majestic sun
hangs determinedly
in purple-blue skies
it languors
lazily
too fat and stubborn
to bid farewell

a giggling child
skipping daintily
along a dusty trail
she smiles
sweetly
at wrinkled faces
on weathered porches

rambunctious boys
kicking a coke can
with naked feet
the unwanted

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poem by Sabine Borrageiro
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