Nanyuki
Visited Nanyuki, Kenya
today.
A common sight there as well
as in Nairobi:
rows of makeshift stands
lining the streets
made of sticks with corrugated
metal panels,
tattered beach umbrellas
or worn tarps for rooves
where they sell their fruits,
veggies, crafts,
second-hand items, just
about anything.
We even passed stands
selling coffins
and some of them were
pink.
What’s remarkable to me is
that most people
dress the same way we do in
casual clothes
jeans, tees, or dresses, even
in
the slums and poorer
neighborhoods,
clean though handwashed,
few own washing machines,
poor but maintaining self-respect.
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