Patrick Loafman | The 2River View, 8.4 (Summer 2004) |
Mbira Amid a coughing intersection of goats and diesel, where barefooted women balance baskets on heads, weaving their way through squatting vendors, a diminutive man plucks an instrument, his thumbs move like water, the tune rolls gentle waves, and there is a sudden gathering of finches that have grown silent, and the girl in the sky, pretending she is nothing more than clouds, dances. |
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