Under the sun

By Kgosietsile Lebhuru

Walking under clouds twelve hours a day, how many do you come across in one day?

The same sun that leaves me a shade darker every year is the same one that was worshipped years back.

A lot goes on under the sun...

Nations built and destroyed, destroyed and rebuilt. Old soil dying to pave way for new soil.

New power found; new thoughts discorvered. I know there’s both peace and chaos under the sun.

Peace and harmony could be at your childhood church where the unity of the choir shakes the four walls to leave all men, women and children touched by the spirit they worship.

Sitting on your garden having a smoke break before going back inside to resume with work.

Coming back home to fix yourself a plate of food before sinking into the TV.

Those unplanned errands just to get a cup of tea or coffee.

Walking on the hills to remind yourself that there’s more to this world than just what we see.

It could be the pain you find in your passion, beacause you’d rather be here than anywhere else.

It could be LOVE.

It could be GOD.

But just know in the past, present, and future... a lot goes on Under The Sun. May peace be with you

Rapulane

To She The Slightly Involved

Just Be Cool

Cooler Not To Care

The Nonchalant As F**k

Who You Know?

By Invite Only

Alright, so where do I begin with this? The truth... how I laid on my side at eleven fifteen pm thinking of “cool” things nobody will say? Sounds kind of lonely if you ask me. So perhaps I’ll paint a picture.

Exclusivity through the principles of affirmative action.

Imagine a space - a collective, that the social elite so desperately want to be a part of, yet cannot buy or bargain their way in. VIP for the socalled losers. A guestlist of real people. Because, when do we get a turn? to experience those luxuries. I wonder how differently we might treat such spaces as the losers. Would we bring more substance to human interaction? Or would we simply become the bullies that won’t let people through the door?

What is clout? And how do some people just have it without doing anything for the greater good. Seemingly talentless, and perhaps overly confident to say the least. To have influence is to have power. And I think if we all had influence, then this power would be obselete. Making fun of popularity won’t solve the issue of inclusivity, I know. But I’d like to imagine that society is getting fed up now - with the deprivation of human dignity caused by popularity.

But it’s “not that deep”. If anything, it’s just a shirt. And it’s really for everyone.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IMPORTANT

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WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IMPORTANT TM

MARCH 2022 C U L4TER