Monday, April 07, 2008

platitudes

(april 4, 2008)

this is how my day began:

i walked out of my flat and saw my askari who would topple over if you even sneezed in his direction. then i saw him giving the two guard dogs water near their dog house and remembered the guard puppy that was following him around last week.

me: habari

askari who would topple over with a sneeze: fine fine

me: where is the tiny puppy?

askari who would topple over with a sneeze: dead

and that is one of the longest conversations i have had with him.

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