Sambulo Kunene

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“Mother what will the neighbors say” by Sambulo Kunene

"Your mom is gone and she is not coming back, ever. She finally told me the truth." dad said as I put my back pack on the table when he realized that mom was not coming back. We live in a quite neighborhood where everyone knows who lives there. It is a place where families tend to their young and the young grow older and they buy their own homes across the street from their parents if they are lucky. There are not that many offices or industrial buildings, it is just homes surrounded by shops and fitness clubs.My mom and dad moved ...

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“Treat” by Sambulo Kunene

It is so cold today I wonder what the night is going to be like. We bought so much candy because it is my younger daughter's first trick or treat! At night we will all dress up as characters that we like or fear in order to scare others into wanting to give us candy and a conversation.Halloween should be a holiday. On this day kids and parents walk up and down the streets asking for a treat from neighbors who usually have carved pumpkins that have candles inside to let others know that they could stop by for a treat, if lucky. Some...

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“Admissions” by Sambulo Kunene

We were practicing for the game. We practiced daily after school! I had volunteered to bring sports back to our school, because of the lack of funding in our school, sports and art classes were discontinued. Some of us who needed an extra push in order to thrive, felt that we needed to take the matter in our own hands. There I was an unknown Junior walking to the principals office to ask for permission to solicit business and neighborhood clubs for funding. He, at first laughed at me and said: "What about the C grade that you got in Math...

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“What I can do” by Sambulo Kunene

I noticed in town where I lived, that most people whom I met barely looked at me in the eye. I anticipated to becoming an adult because I wanted desperately to be on my own, to be heard and to have opinions. At first my youth days were disappointing because I did not have cheerleader looks or the luck of the phantom. I was personable, yes, I had my niche of friends whom I so enjoyed on occasions when I felt like I could belong but those moments were short lived because I would, in the midst of a very enjoyable encounter with friends, get ...

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“Bye, bye love” by Sambulo Kunene

The weatherman stood in front of a camera, unsure if his report was ever heard by any living beings. There had been a disaster associated wif the prophecies of the tan famous Nostradamus about the end of the world. He wasn't lying. Parts of the planet were flattened by a meteorite bomb that the Lord and Savior promised as punishment for crime and sin which had taken over many cities!My family was lucky not to be in North America where teh devastation occurred. We had left in a puff when our landlord raised our rent unexpectedly and...

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“Lights out!” by Sambulo Kunene

I had walked the walk, talked the talk. Yet I had nothing to show for it. I got a job as a journalist for a local newspaper covering nightlife in the city for me that was more excitement than I could handle. My husband turned, boyfriend, because I barely saw him at night, worked as a chef in the local mall. We thrived in his cooking. I took care of the kids while he was gone and he took over at night so that I could rush...

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“Our traditions shall carry us through” by Sambulo Kunene

"That's it I am moving out. I have had it with this family!" she said crying with bags packed and a cigarette hanging on her mouth."She will be back. You 'll see. I won't let her push us around anymore. This is my house. She knows the rules. She will come back and apologize. She always does." her mom said to her sister."What did she do this time!" asked her sister."She wants to go to college! She knows better! She knows that she is supposed to marry Dennis. What is she fooling around college for. I am sick enough as i...

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“Ashes to ashes...” by Sambulo Kunene

The cancer is back. I don't think that I will dodge it this time. I am lucky in the first place, my oncologist said that I would be gone by now. Well, I longed to see my son return back from a mission in the pacific. He is back home healthy and vigorous. I envy his youth his unforseen future. My daughter in law is of course elated. My daughter took time off from college to witness my last days on earth. It all started when my wife died. I just knew that nothing was worth it anymore. I had worked so hard hoping that my wife and I would ret...

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“Who do you like” by Sambulo Kunene

"Hi everybody I would like you to meet our new friend Susan!""Say Hi to everybody Susan." the leader of the group, a support group for Overeaters Anonymous."Hi, I am Susan, and I have gained over 10 pounds two months ago. How about that as if I needed more pounds right?" Susan said with a wide grin on her face."Okay, Susan have a seat. This week we are going to talk our selves through portions and the number of times that we spend eating food. Alright! Oh, first let me go over the list so that I can make sure that all...

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“Second Chances..... really?” by Sambulo Kunene

I was at my peak when I decided to try my luck at a Dating show because I had become lonely and lazy to want a man I dressed in my best outfit for the shooting of the show. When I arrived at the studio, everyone was looking forward to hearing how my date went. That is how I met Hope, my current husband who is boisterous and patient. It was sheer luck that he picked me. I was his second try because his original did not take. Anyway, it worked out fine because we are currently married and very much happy in our marriage.He asked me t...

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“My past is my ....” by Sambulo Kunene

By then I had become a professor at a small college for students who wanted exclusive attention from their school. I remember when I made the decision to become a professor that I was standing in my kitchen while I was washing dishes. My original plan was to dedicate my life to research after I obtained my PHD. When I was invited to defend my dissertation, I was elated. It was a panel of 4 men and 4 women. I was nervous as though I was an inmate waiting to answer questions which would either grant me a parole or life back to my home offic...

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“I propose.....” by Sambulo Kunene

I walked barefoot not recognizing who I was. I lived in a small apartment in the corner of Rose Avenue and Greenville Road. A famous road where one morning we all woke up and found a dead body sprawled on the middle of the road. We all were in shock and we did not know whose body it was. Guilty or not guilty, we walked over the small crowd which had gathered around our street trying to put the pieces of the the mystrey together. He was not a homeless lost soul. He was not too old or malnourished. He looked like he belonged to someone. I h...

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“....Character is waiting...” by Sambulo Kunene

I died when I was 45 years old. It was a violent beating resulting from a botched burglary attempt. I was not supposed to be home. I randomly left work early and headed home not knowing of my impending fate.The sun was warm. The kids played in yards. Dogs in the neighborhood barked and the gardeners with noisy lawn mowers cleared the grass. It was like any other day. If at all there was an irony, it was the fact that the sunny daytime masked what was brewing within the neighborhood.I had taken off work earlier bec...

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“re: Ally Condie” by Sambulo Kunene

"It was you who started it by calling him." Answer said on the verge of tears."How was I supposed to know that he was in love with me. I did not know that he was like that." Ben answered not even feeling the pain that Answer was going through."I thought that we had stopped seeing other people. That we were exclusive!" Answer said in disbelief."We are not dating. We are just seeing each other. We go for drinks that's all." Ben said trying to minimze the situation."No, if I did not break into your iPhone, I never...

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