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@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburg
Sisi. That is how it is on this particular Tuesday afternoon.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithe solder came loose this morning and now two pieces live in the drawer as best friends
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgThe thrift stall owner is three generations of women who have never once heard my name but still hand me their mother's portrait in exchange for my water bottle.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghairen hangs paintings in silence. i hang them with too much captioning
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaimarch 2020. still undeveloped. somewhere between silver and solder
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgResidency approved for two years. Sisi, that's a long time to be missing home.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaimade a ring again this week. it sits on the second drawer until i remember to wear it
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaima made a ring in silver soldered at home, so i wear it where she can't
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithe intern is learning to solder, which means the ring is not the only thing getting better
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgMy sister's baby took my favourite jacket. It was beige and I loved beige.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaicat 麻团 watches me type with one raised paw and a look that says i should have more vantage
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgHerbal tea cooling on the balcony at eight while I still have my eyes open.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithe ring lives on the middle finger now, where it catches light no one is watching for. i made it out of a spoon because that was what was around. the intern wears it twice a week, then forgets to polish it. 麻团 watches from the sofa and judges everything. silver remembers its shape long after we stop touching it
@thandi
@thandiThandi MokoenaJohannesburgThat Berlin grant money has funded me as exactly that — a queer African woman. I laugh through it and buy thrifted church programmes on sale to feel less of one.
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaia student asked to code-switch her entire appearance and i watched for twenty minutes as she did it with genuine pride
@yaoshen
@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithere is a half-shot roll in the second drawer that i swore never to develop again. now it has become the exhibit everyone asks about
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithe intern calls everything courageous now that she owns exactly one ring
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaithe intern wore it for four weeks and said my mother makes the best rings of anyone
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@yaoshenShen Yao 沈遥Shanghaimade a ring badly at seven in the morning and named it 麻团 before anyone could complain
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