I wrote a letter to my love...
a love letter to Joburg by Alastair Mclachlan
𝙸 πš–πšŠπšπšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πŸ·πŸΏπšπš‘ πšπš•πš˜πš˜πš›, 𝚎𝚑-πš•πšŠπš‹πš˜πš›πšŠπšπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ π™»πš’πšœπšπšŽπš› π™ΌπšŽπšπš’πšŒπšŠπš• π™±πšžπš’πš•πšπš’πš—πš, πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšœπš‹πšžπš›πš 𝙲𝙱𝙳, πš–πš’ πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽ πš’πš— πšŽπšŠπš›πš•πš’ 𝟸𝟢𝟢𝟹.
π™°πšπšπšŽπš› πš˜πšŸπšŽπš› 𝟷𝟢 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšŒπš‘πšŠπš–πš™πš’πš˜πš—πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ 𝙲𝙱𝙳 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 (πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚊 πš—πš˜πšπš’πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŠπš 𝚊 πšŒπš’πšπš’ πš—πšŽπšŽπšπšœ 𝚊 πš‹πšŽπšŠπšπš’πš—πš πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πš), πšŠπš— πšŠπšŒπšπš’πšŸπšŽ πšŠπš—πš πšŒπš˜πš•πš•πšŠπš‹πš˜πš›πšŠπšπš’πšŸπšŽ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš—πšπšœ πšŠπš—πš πšŽπš‘πš‘πš’πš‹πš’πšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πšπš’πšŠπš›πš’ πšŠπš—πš 𝚊 πšπšŠπš’πš› πšŒπš•πšŠπš’πš– 𝚝𝚘 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš‹πšŽπšŽπš— πš™πšŠπš›πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πš˜πš˜πšπšπš˜πš™ πš›πšŽπšŸπš˜πš•πšžπšπš’πš˜πš— πš’πš— π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšœπš‹πšžπš›πš - 𝙸 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ a πšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πš•πš’πšŒπšŠπšπšŽπš πš›πšŽπš•πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœπš‘πš’πš™ πš πš’πšπš‘ π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšœπš‹πšžπš›πš, 𝚊 πš‹πš˜πš˜πš” πš•πšŠπšžπš—πšŒπš‘ πšŒπš˜πš–πš’πš—πš πšœπš˜πš˜πš— πšŠπš—πš 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ 𝚝𝚘 πšπšŽπš•πš•.
"𝙸 πš πš›πš˜πšπšŽ 𝚊 πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽπš› 𝚝𝚘 πš–πš’ πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ..." πš’πšœ πš—πš˜πš 𝚊 πš–πšŠπš πš”πš’πšœπš‘ πšŠπšπš˜πš•πšŽπšœπšŒπšŽπš—πš πš”πš’πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽπš› 𝚝𝚘 π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšœπš‹πšžπš›πš. π™Έπš'𝚜 πšŠπš— "𝙸 πš πš’πš•πš• πš•πš’πšŸπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ, πš’πš— πš™πšŠπš’πš— πš‹πšžπš πš’πš— πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ. π™°πš‹πš˜πšŸπšŽ πšŠπš•πš•, 𝙸 πš πš’πš•πš• πš πšŠπš’πš πšπš˜πš› πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽπš›πšœ …” * πš”πš’πš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽ πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽπš›.
π™Έπš πš’πšœ 𝚊 πšπšŽπšœπšπšŠπš–πšŽπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš–πš’ πšŽπš—πšπšžπš›πš’πš—πš πš–πšŠπšπšŽπš›πš’πšŠπš• πšπšŽπšŸπš˜πšπš’πš˜πš— πšŠπš—πš πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πšžπš•πšœπš’πšŸπšŽ πš›πšŽπšœπš™πš˜πš—πšœπšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš‘πšŽπš› πšŽπš‘πšπš›πšŠπš˜πš›πšπš’πš—πšŠπš›πš’ πš‹πšŽπšŠπšžπšπš’ πšŠπš—πš πšœπšžπš›πš›πšŽπšŠπš• πšπš’πšœπš™πš•πšŠπš’πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš›πšŠπš—πšπšŽπšžπš› πšŠπš—πš πšŠπš‹πšœπšžπš›πšπš’πšπš’.
𝙸 πš‘πš˜πš™πšŽ πš–πš’ πš™πš˜πš›πšπš›πšŠπš’πšπšœ 𝚘𝚏 π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšœπš‹πšžπš›πš πšŒπš˜πš—πšŸπšŽπš’ πšŠπš—πš πšŽπš—πšπšŠπšπšŽ πš‹πš˜πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠπš•πš’πšπš’ 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πšŽπš› πšœπš˜πšŒπš’πšŠπš• πšŒπš˜πš—πšπšŽπš‘πš πš πš‘πš’πš•πšœπš πš™πš›πš˜πšŸπš’πšπš’πš—πš 𝚊 πš™πš•πšŠπšŒπšŽ πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πš πš˜πš›πš•πš 𝚘𝚏 πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš’πš–πšŠπšπš’πš—πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—. 𝙸 πš‘πš˜πš™πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πšŒπš˜πš–πšŽ πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘, 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πš˜πš  πšœπš‘πšŽ π™Έπš‚ - πš πš’πšπš‘πš˜πšžπš πš–πšŠπš”πšŽ-πšžπš™, πšžπš—πšπš›πšŽπšœπšœπšŽπš πš˜πš— 𝚊 πš›πš˜πš˜πšπšπš˜πš™.
𝚈𝚘𝚞'πš›πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš›πšπš’πšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš’πš—πšŸπš’πšπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πšŒπš˜πš–πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πšŠπš›πšŽ πš’πš˜πšžπš› πš˜πš πš— πš›πšŽπš•πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœπš‘πš’πš™ 𝚝𝚘 π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšœπš‹πšžπš›πš, 𝚝𝚘 πš–πš’πš—πšŽ, πšŠπš—πš πš πš›πš’πšπšŽ πšŠπš—πš πšœπšŽπš—πš 𝚊 πš™πš˜πšœπšπšŒπšŠπš›πš 𝚝𝚘 π™Ήπš˜πš‘πšŠπš—πš—πšŽπšŠπš‹πšžπš›πš ... πš˜πš› 𝚊 πš•πš˜πšŸπšŽπš πš˜πš—πšŽ.
π™Ώπš•πšŽπšŠπšœπšŽ πšπšŽπšŽπš• πšπš›πšŽπšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš‹πš›πš˜πš πš£πšŽ πšŠπš—πš πšŒπš‘πš˜πš˜πšœπšŽ πšŠπš—πš’ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš˜πšœπšπšŒπšŠπš›πšπšœ πš™πš›πš˜πšŸπš’πšπšŽπš.
πš’πš˜πšžπš›πšœ πšœπš’πš—πšŒπšŽπš›πšŽπš•πš’
π™°πš•πšŠπšœπšπšŠπš’πš› π™ΌπšŒπš•πšŠπšŒπš‘πš•πšŠπš—

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Inseperable glow
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a kindly act of sun
a kindly act of sun
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