I’m a resident of Kenya! It happened today. I have the two important stamps in my passport: one for residency, the other for re-entry. The process has taken nearly five months, but that is record time considering that one of my friends has been working on his for a couple of years. This means that I can now work in Kenya…ehem…cough, cough. It also means that I can now travel in and out of the country without paying the whopping $50 visa fee. Another perk is that I can also visit the national parks in Kenya and not get hit with the tourist price. I’d say this is cause for celebration!

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contain the wave
track it
try

the harbor becomes the sea
the water. its place defined
not by its being or quality
by its opposite — its eternal jacob

building nations, failing states
boundaries, borders — ink on paper
drawn by strong, young hands and a revolutionary mind
sketched by an agéd, shaky hand; interests and mandates
erasable ink, populations as pawns

the tides and their inhabitants
sometimes pounding the shores
and at others, coursing
returning to unknown depths
oblivious to the bobbing bouy

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