Imwai, Imwai, Imwai ... uye Mofa?

Makororo emumigwagwa akasunga pfuti dzemuchina mufafitera remota yako uye, kana vakabatwa, vakaurayiwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, vakasungirirwa kumadhiramu emafuta. Kuodza moyo muitiro wekuba mumugwagwa, kuuraya kwacho kwakaonekwa paterevhizheni. Ndakaona murume achitamba uye achininira ruoko paaienda kunofurwa nemhepo; aifara kuve paT.V. mumabhangi, iwe wakamirira pamutsetse kwemaawa kutoti iwe ukapa "dash" - chiokomuhomwe chakakodzera chakazora mavhiri uye chikaita kuti zvinhu zvifambe nekukurumidza. Pane imwe nguva, apo mutauri paakandipa girazi remvura yechando, ndakavhunduka nekuvhunduka: Ini ndaisada kufira mukamuri yekutandarira yebhangi.

Kunyangwe hazvo Lagos yaityisa uye kushushikana kwangu kwainge kwakakwirira zvakanyanya kupfuura mamaki eSAT, ndaida vanhu. Vakadzi vaviri vakaruka bvudzi rangu rakatetepa, rakatsvukuruka mumakona. Murume akarara pasi panze pechivako chemba yandaigara akandidzidzisa zvitauro zvemuno zvakaita sekuti, "Haana zuva raanoziva," zvichireva kuti, "aripo kunge asipo." Yakanyatsorondedzera chiitiko chekutaura kune mumwe munhu anga asipo, akatsauswa, ari munyika yake, akapambadzwa kana kutakwa nematombo.

Pandakaudza munyoro, mudzidzisi wechidiki wechikoro kuti ndakamhanyisa kosi yekuyedza yemitambo muSwitzerland, akandimbundira zvikuru ndokundikoka kuzoona mutambo wemitambo yemuno. Ndakabvuma asati apedza kukoka. Yakanga iri panze, uye vatambi vairidza padanho rekumbopota, apo vateereri vakagara pamabhenji pamatafura emapuranga, vachihodha zvinwiwa uye vachikurukura. Mutambo wacho waive nemhirizhonga, yakanyorwa zvishoma, zvakanyanya kuvandudzwa. Ini ndakanzwisisa chidimbu chayo, asi ndakabatwa mukufara kusingadzorwi kwevatambi, nehunhu hwavo hwemusango, hwekunyepedzera uye maitiro akawedzeredzwa kune mumwe neumwe maitiro ehupombwe.

Ndakagara patafura nevagari vemunharaunda, avo vaifemera pamusoro vachiridza mhere. Mumwe wavo akaodha waini yemuchindwe, uye isu takamwa magirazi mushure megirazi, tichikura nekuwedzera kusingavharidzwe. Pane imwe nguva, mudzidzisi airatidzika kunge akachengeterwa akasimuka pabhenji pataive takagara, ndokutanga kusvetuka svetuka. Ndakabata pachigaro kunge ndanga ndiri pabucking bronco.

Imwe bhodhoro rewaini yemuchindwe rakasvika patafura, uye, mune hutsi hwedoro, ndakabvunza waiter kana waini yemuchindwe yakasanganiswa nechinhu, nekuti yaive yakasimba. "Hongu," akapindura, "yakasanganiswa nemvura."

"Mvura yepombi?" Ndakabvunza.

"Ehe, suwa," akapindura.

Ndizvozvo. Ini ndaizofa nekorera muLagos. Ndakaona kuti zvinogona kutora mazuva mashanu kuti aratidze, uye ndaizoitei mukati memazuva ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwangu? Ndakabuditsa kunze kwenzvimbo yemitambo, uye neimwe nzira ndakawana mumwe munhu kuti andichaire kumba. Ndakanyorera tsamba dzekuonekana kushamwari dzandaida, uye ndichivaudza kuti nenguva yavanowana mamissives angu, ndinenge ndaenda kure. Ndakarega kubuda. Ini ndaidya paw paw (papaya) uye mangos uye ndaichema zvakanyanya. Ndakanga ndichiri mudiki kuti ndife.

Mazuva mashanu akapfuura. Ipapo vatanhatu. Kunze kwekuzvimbirwa nemichero, handina kufa.

Ini ndaive ndakagara patafura imwechete muresitorendi yeLebanese uye mumwe muzvinabhizinesi akauya. Patakatsvaga hummus, ndakamuudza kuti ndanwa waini yemuchindwe nemvura yepombi. Akandiudza kuti zvechokwadi ndakanga ndabiridzira rufu, uye zvingangodaro zvaireva kuti ndaizorarama hupenyu hwakashongedzwa.

Aitaura chokwadi. Uye ini ndaive nechikwereti kune iyo yemvura yemupombi muLagos.

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Judith Fein mutori wenhau anohwina mubairo uye munyori we HUPENYU NDIRO Rwendo: Iyo Inoshandura Mashiripiti Ekufamba. Iyi posvo iri yezve chiitiko chake chekutanga, makore apfuura, nemvura yekunwa achiri munzira.