DAMBUDZO MARECHERA

SHOCK: FOR BETTINA

Like meteorites, through my long

Isolated heart-atmosphere, you

Burst incandescent over my platinum history.

My future in earthquake reeled; my present only on

Seismograph could point to the cataclysm – no

Evidence of you attached to my stone and flesh,

Only nightmarish passions which I can still hear

When you shake your head. Shake it vigorously.

Nuclear tests of underground love!


DAMBUDZO MARECHER