Nostalgia | Owen Habel Lwanda | Poetry

  At the barber shop, the barber asks where I come from. I say “Kenya.” He nods politely and drapes a shawl around my shoulders. I want him to ask another question. Which part of Kenya? What was it like? Why did you leave? Instead, he focuses on my hair while my mind travels thousands […]

Nostalgia | Owen Habel Lwanda | Poetry
  At the barber shop, the barber asks where I come from. I say “Kenya.” He nods politely and drapes a shawl around my shoulders. I want him to ask another question. Which part of Kenya? What was it like? Why did you leave? Instead, he focuses on my hair while my mind travels thousands […]