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Giving
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Giving When the mbira plays, the tree’s sap stirs; from its cave in the hills a leopard purrs. When the mbira plays, a boulder shifts; and dust from the pathway through sunlight sifts. When the mbira plays, a hornbill cries; a baby is born and a baby dies. When the mbira plays, she gives, then gives; something in me goes dead and something lives. When the mbira plays, the tree’s sap spills; on a track in the grass a leopard kills. 11 ...