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• Masons

  Posted: January 14, 2010, 7:12 am by Njeri Tunguru

  Building thatch houses
  Praying that the wind won’t blow them away
  Trying to make them accommodate as many people as possible
  Hoping that the thatch houses won’t break
  Building thatch houses...
  And even when they crash, we find ourselves building them again.
  Same location, same material, same technique
  Same hazards exposed to the thatch houses
  We still go on.
  We still build them, thatch houses.
  We never learn.
  
  Building thatch houses.
  Why?
  Maybe we just need to feel useful, important.
  Maybe we just need something to do, to keep us busy.
  Maybe we feel that we need a home,
  That the thatch houses will someday become home.
  So when the wind blows them over,
  These foundation-less thatch houses,
  We get blown over too.
  When people break them, these thatch houses,
  We break too.
  But we still start all over again.
  Fixing the broken walls,
  Mending the windows,
  Re-attaching the roof,
  Building thatch houses.
  Same procedures used.
  Same mistakes made...
  
  Building thatch houses.
  Crashing ourselves with all the effort.
  Tearing up, sweating...
  Not caring.
  Not learning.
  Never learning.
  
  Building thatch houses.
  Even though we see there’s no substantial end that’ll come from them.
  
  We need to stop.
  Building thatch houses.
  But will we ever?
  
  ©Njeri Tunguru, 2010.

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