What Katy Did

 The clouds are not yet in formation to bring rain and thunderstorms. They dissapate and are mere wisps. How long til the first downpour? Do...

 The heat, it saps. My dog sits at my feet and snaps at flies. I must put on flysmear. If only flysmear worked to get rid of all things that...

Blue skies before the rains, the building heat. Dust devils and dry leaves. Is it warm enough to swim yet? To plunge into the icy depths. At...

 Sunshine, peeking through the banks of flowers. Snippets of conversation and laughter. Good friends, time to pause. Reflections in the glas...

 Enter Tembo, the boyfriend, to KFC Avondale and Tendai, the girlfriend, with co-workers. TEMBO Ill met by the KFC, proud Tendai. TENDAI Wha...

 I've "known" them since they were little. Street urchins by the Lomagundi traffic lights, foraging for a living, picking up d...

 Fadzai and Tembo had always felt a gravitational force attracting them toward the great baobab tree, two kilometres outside the village. It...