{"id":1683,"date":"2020-12-16T23:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/vice-versa\/?page_id=1683"},"modified":"2020-12-31T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:09:24","slug":"sibanda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/vice-versa\/sibanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0 Lengthy Live Gig in the House of the Hermits<\/h2>\n

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A surreal, sudden memo said: it’s no longer safe
\nto hang out, a stealthy virus does misbehave!
\nI retreated into the comfort of the huge house,
\ninto an awkwardness like a trapped tipsy mouse!<\/p>\n

I sought novel and versatile ways to keep sane,
\nI said: sir, be busy and stay in your calm, cool lane
\nFine, first day all I did was study the ceiling, glee!
\nThe ceiling sulked, looked to cave down on me!<\/p>\n

Night, sleep said: bye sir, enjoy your airy comfort
\nIt was wakeful like a caving ceiling, a discomfort!
\nMorning, weary, I said: mate, listen, I\u2019m an extrovert
\nShe: since when? Stay put, Tedium has a live concert!<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Sibanda<\/strong><\/span> is the author of Notes, Themes, Things and Other Things, The Gushungo Way, Sleeping Rivers, Love O\u2019clock, The Dead Must Be Sobbing, Football of Fools, Cutting-edge Cache, Of the Saliva and the Tongue, When Inspiration Sings in Silence, The Way Forward, Sometimes Seasons Come with Unseasonal Harvests, As If They Minded: The Loudness of Whispers, This Cannot Be Happening: Speaking Truth To Power, The Dangers of Child Marriages: Billions of Dollars Lost in Earnings and Human Capital, The Ndaba Jamela and Collections,<\/em> and Poetry Pharmacy.\u00a0<\/em> His work has received Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. Some of his work has been translated into Serbian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0 Lengthy Live Gig in the House of the Hermits   A surreal, sudden memo said: it’s no longer safe to hang out, a stealthy virus does misbehave! I retreated into the comfort of the huge house, into an awkwardness like a trapped tipsy mouse! I sought novel and versatile ways to keep sane, I … <\/p>\n

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