Rungano rwacho rwanga rwakaoma. Handaitambira mari yakawanda, ndaitambira mari inoita two pounds three shillings pasvondo, asi taikwana nevana iyoyo. Saka vana kukurawo kwavanga vachiita, mari iye yanga yashoma. Vanhu vaititi tiri marombe. Toswera tichiridza mbira, tichitadza kufamba. Uchiswera uchiridza mbira, asi hatina kuzviteerera.
Vana vakura. Irene ndiye akazotangawo kuridza futi. Ndofunga anga ane 13 years, ndobva atangawo kuridza achionawo zvaiitwa naamai, achidzidzira. Ndobva tazomudzidzisa futi, kusvikira akugona. Saka tainzi marombe. Zvanga zvisiri zvinhu zviya zviya zvinoyemurika zviya zviya, zvokuti vanhu havangamboita kana admire nezvinhu zvacho izvozvo. Vaiti ndezvurombe. Saka takaramba tichingoitawo, tichifamba negwariva redu reurombe.
Pane mukomana aitedzera naIrene, akanga akanyarara zvokuti. Akabaiyiwa nebanga kuKatanga Beer Hall kuye muna 1979. Akabayiwa anga ane 18 years. Aitamba madarts, saka ndokutorwa neshamwari dzake, ndokuenda kuKatanga Beer Hall. Akatomboramba, ndobva vamumhanikidzira. Kusvikira kuye kuye, ndobva kwaita noise. Saka kwaita noise, iye ndobva atiza, ndobva ateverwa, ndobva abayiwa nebanga.
Saka uyu afa, ndobva pasara nine. Saka panine, vakomana ndovakanga vakawanda. Vakomana vaive six, vasikana three. Vasikana ndobva vakumbira, zvikanzi, “Isusu, tiri kudawo musikana isu.” Vaingotaura zvavo vachingochema-chema kuti, “Tiri kudawo mumwe musikana, tiite vasikana four.” Saka takatombogara chaizvo, asi zvakangoitika. Ndobva vaita pamuviri, ndobva vasununguka musikana. Ehe, ndobva vaitawo vasikana four. Ndikati, “Aiwa, zvese zvadii? Zvaita zvakanaka.”
Saka ndobva tagara tichingoridza mbira. Ndorega basa, tikazopedzisira tava kutengesera doro pamba. Tikaita mari yakawanda chaizvo, mari iyo yakangopera zvatisingazive. Taida kuti tiite chigayo. Taitenga chibhuku, taiordera chibhuku tichitengesera pamba. Saka mari iyoyi yakangopera, hatina kuzoziva kuti yakapera sei. Kana nazvino tikazvifunga so, kufunga kuti, “Mari iyo yakaenda kupi?” Hatimbozviziva. Yakapera. Saka ndobva tati, “Ah, hazvina basa.”
Ndobva tatanga kuita urombo wekupedzisira, kuita urombo usingaite. Ndobva tagara, tikatengesa zvimwe zvinhu zvakawandawanda. Maplate ayaya yeporcelain ayaya, akawanda zvokuti, tikaatengesa ese tichitsvaga mari yokudya, tikapedza ese kutengesa. Tikatengesa fridge, tikatengesa display, zvese izvozvo takazvitengesa. Ndobva tasara nemubhedha chete wokurarira nemapoto ekubikira sadza chete. Mumba manga musina kana chinhu, musina kana bench, tichigara parukukwe, musina kana chair. Vana havana kuzokwanisa kuenda kuchikoro. Kwozoita vamwe vakomana, ndovakazoenda mberi.
Saka ndobva tagara tichingoridza mbira chete. Hatina kumborega kuridza mbira, taingoridza mbira. Saka vanhu vaiuya vachiona tikamboita mumwe urombo wakaipisisa maningi. Asi Mwari ariko, midzimu iriko. Midzimu yaitioudza kuti “Itai. Musanetseke zvenyu, zvichauya. Muchazove vanhu vagara zvakanaka.”