Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Laughing Us Into Delight

[Diary Notes]

Nici is on her way back from Timbavati Game

Reserve, first went to Mbombelo - a name that

sings, in the province of Mpumalanga, another

singing name; her dad watching her progress

 

On his navigation tracker, every kilometre clear

she sent so many pictures of wild dogs & their

terrible teeth, in welcome I covered her bed in

new sheets, astounded to discover - she had

 

Covered her electric blanket with another thick

blanket & the fitted sheet had to be fitted over

everything: what an impossible task, her room

resembles Aladdin’s cave filled with everything

 

From perfume to computers to sand-filled flasks

from her travels; what a delight to have the little

Madame home again - ordering us to behave

while taking charge - laughing us into delight 

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