The detained person shall be detained
Meciria maku maiyuire nyoni, cii na njoya cia marangi matheru magemu matoikaine tomboini uyu. Ugacirekereria imwe kwa imwe nikio ciingire thiini wa handu hanini muno haria ungihota gucihe. Handu hau riu ni hanene o ta matu iguru ma bururi wa Kenya. Mathagu maku nimatambararu.
(Translated by Wambui Muringo Wa-Ngatho)
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The detained person shall be detained
Your mind is full of birds, plumaged with bright colours unknown to this grey cell. You release them one by one into the tiny space that you can give them. This space is now as big as the Kenyan sky. Your wings are outstretched.
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