IT ndakanga ndine huremu husinganzwisisike hwemwoyo kuti ndakakwira jeti kuenda kuUnited States nezuro, ndichienda kunopa musangano vhiki rino muNorth Dakota. Panguva imwechete iyo jeti yedu yakasimuka, ndege yaPapa Benedict yakanga ichimhara muUnited Kingdom. Akave ari pamoyo wangu mazuva ano — uye zvikuru mumusoro wenyaya.
Pandaive ndichibva panhandare yendege, ndakamanikidzwa kutenga magazini yenhau, chinhu chandisingawanzoite. Ndakabatwa nemusoro wekuti "IAmerica Kuenda Yetatu Nyika?" Uyu mushumo nezvekuti maguta eAmerica, mamwe kupfuura mamwe, ari kutanga kuora sei, zvivakwa zvavo zvichidonha, mari yavo inenge yapera. America 'yaputswa', akadaro wezvematongerwo enyika wepamusoro muWashington. Mune rimwe dunhu muOhio, mapurisa ari madiki kwazvo nekuda kwekucheka, zvekuti mutongi wedunhu akakurudzira kuti vagari vemo 'vazvishongedze' nematsotsi. Mune dzimwe nyika, mwenje yemigwagwa iri kuvharwa, migwagwa yakavezwa iri kushandurwa kuva mavhu, uye mabasa kuita guruva.
Zvaive surreal kwandiri kuti ndinyore nezvekudonha kuri kuuya makore mashoma apfuura hupfumi hwusati hwatanga kudonha (ona Gore Rekuburitswa). Izvo zvakatonyanya surreal kuzviona zvichiitika izvozvi pamberi pameso edu.