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Jubilation
• Jubilation
February 25, 2025
by ANNA ZGAMBO
Jubilation
You smirk, Spacio, like a feather
Floating up Frederick Chiluba Road
The driver’s arm becomes a wing
Your radio cackles kalindula
Passengers cram carcasses
Purchased at PHI Mall in plastic
Palms had prayed in the parking lot
Your heart had been empty yet you ate—
Glee’s fragrance lingers after lunch
Fried bones will fly and roost
At the roundabout when a hand
Hurls the parcel out of your head.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANNA ZGAMBO is pursuing a PhD in Literature at the University of Zambia with a focus on lyric poetry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Studies from the University of Pretoria, a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Zambia, and studied creative writing at Open Window University. Anna is a ZEPH author, Ngoma Awards Finalist, Zed Rasta Awards Winner, Canon Book Beneficiary, Hope Prize Protégé, and 2024 Idembeka Creative Writing Fellow. Thorn Bird Literary Agency represents her. She was born at Lusaka’s Kalingalinga Clinic in November 1989 and now lives in Mtendere.
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