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13 The Unending Cliffhanger We hang in limbo On a cliffhanger of anxiety Our breath suspended Our guts rumbling like a thunderous storm Our fate cupped in palms of politicians Held hostage by a political impasse— The yoke of our suppression— Our humanity tethering on a brink Of slipping into cracks of violence So, We gasp We huff We puff We hope We wish That if words could move mountains That if moonlight could dissolve into a new dawn Then, Kenya, our fallen citadel, Would not totter on the verge of destruction That if our leaders had a conscience, Then diplomacy, in the face of disdain, Would untangle the nation’s quagmire It, an incandescent light, Reeling us from the cliffhanger of anxiety From the banality of evil! ...

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