Francis, by UMichael D. O'Brien
LAPHO kuyinto eshukumisayo enhliziyweni yami… cha, eshukumisayo ngiyakholelwa kulo lonke iSonto: ukuphikisana nokuthula kuze kube manje Ukuvukelwa Komhlaba kuyaqhubeka. Kuyindlela ye- I-Franciscan Revolution…
ukuthobeka
Ukugcinwa Kwenhliziyo
I-Times Square Parade, ngu-Alexander Chen
WE baphila ezikhathini eziyingozi. Kepha bambalwa labo abakuqaphelayo. Lokhu engikhuluma ngakho akusona usongo lobuphekula, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, noma impi yenuzi, kepha into ecashile futhi ecashile. Ukuqhubekela phambili kwesitha esesivele sitholile indawo emakhaya amaningi nasezinhliziyweni futhi silawula ukubhubhisa okwesabekayo njengoba kusakazeka emhlabeni wonke:
Noise.
Ngikhuluma ngomsindo womoya. Umsindo ozwakale kakhulu emphefumulweni, ovala izindlebe enhliziyweni, kuthi uma nje usungena, ufiphaze izwi likaNkulunkulu, ushaye unembeza unembeza, futhi uphuphuthekise amehlo ukuze abone okungokoqobo. Ingesinye sezitha eziyingozi kakhulu zesikhathi sethu ngoba, ngenkathi impi nodlame zilimaza umzimba, umsindo ungumbulali womphefumulo. Futhi umphefumulo ovale izwi likaNkulunkulu uzibeka engcupheni yokungaphinde umuzwe ingunaphakade.