spent my saturday evening (well, a little bit of it)
in a dark theatre in Newtown, Johannesburg.
i had read a passing review of Lemn Sissay's Something Dark
and i just had to go and see it.
true enough, it was gripping, sad and left me wondering about family.
wondering what it would have been like to grow up without family
no one to call you on your birthday
being a ward of the state
finding out your real name at the age of 18
discovering you're a product of rape at the age of 22
finding out that your father (for whom you probably have the most questions) is dead
imagine...
thanks to him though, i now have many thoughts running through my head
thoughts i can hopefully turn into prose
or poetry
....
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