tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post5122764508480775757..comments2023-11-09T14:15:40.111+02:00Comments on Fatima and Ahmed's Son: Saying Goodbye in my Small Dusty TownRidwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-14057717992307501972012-07-11T10:24:06.328+02:002012-07-11T10:24:06.328+02:00Hi Kweli:
You are absolutely right.
Death is a c...Hi Kweli:<br /><br />You are absolutely right.<br /><br />Death is a constant everywhere but nowhere is it hidden from view like in the US.<br /><br />There is a distinct irony in the fact that the US is responsible for so many deaths yet it is unable to live with its own.<br /><br />Perhaps the anxiety of dying as expressed by the unhinged quest to fake life is the American way.<br /><br />Trust you are well boet.<br /><br />Onward!<br />ridwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-67251177927115007732012-07-11T07:12:40.883+02:002012-07-11T07:12:40.883+02:00The thread goes right through this post, right thr...The thread goes right through this post, right through everyone in it.<br /><br />It reminds me of a line from Zakes Mda's "Ways of Drying": our ways of living are also our ways of dying.<br /><br />So when you return here to the Beast you will (re-)see that no one dies here. We hide death and sanitize it. We have that clothing store called Forever 21 and we are throwing money into cryogenics. Ah, the Beast.Kwelihttp://kweligee.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com