Queues That Matter
In the journey to break barriers, I haven’t been solo. I am in a long line in my generation. I know because the evidence of the life upon me isn’t what I would wish for my consequent generation. All of us are in long lines. You are in a long line waiting for that Super Metro to fill up so that you can get home. You patiently sit, listening to a podcast or music that offer an escape because raw dogging life isn't for the weak. On your left is a fellow Kenyan sitting against an open window oblivious of the fact that ownership of his phone is about to be forcefully transferred; you want to warn them, but you're tired and detached from giving a fuck about other people's woes - your own have already become a heavy burden. He has three girlfriends. He knows or not; about the fact that he is managing a queue while being in one. He is bar ely managing his finances. He queues for loans in banks where he finds others queueing - for car loans, mortgages, weddings etc. He queues to...
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