no static
Billboards across Johannesburg proclaim the 2010 World Cup and this city as its perfect host. While driving through the city today I heard (over the rain’s drip-drop) a poster that read, “Africa makes a lot of noise.”
Cup your ears for now, everyone on the other side, because her voice sounds like Zse-Zse’s who dances so that her feet strike the match that lights up her face when she moves. And Peggy’s soft voice that names colors and numbers for the children at her free daycare. And all this noise, boisterous or steady, is accompanied by South Africa stomping her gumboot-clad foot.
And then of course our own perfect hosts’ “African animal droppings” cookies speak for themselves.
All that to say strap yourself to our boom pole.
