WHEN LOADSHEEDDING COOKED ME INSTEAD - WHEN LOADSHEEDDING COOKED ME INSTEAD

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A STORY BY

MASIMBA JUNIOR MUTODZA

In this Zimbabwe, you don’t plan your day. ZESA plans it for you.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAdEzXAZP7

It was 6pm. I had just started cooking rice. Pot on the stove. Vibes were high. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsE4LIvWjA

Then: _click_.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm7AIYADlW

Darkness.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FcBJ6lKmb

I waited. “It’s just tripping.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuliDpf3XI2

30 minutes later. Still dark. Rice half raw. Stomach making noise.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzhb0TwOOF

I looked at the pot like it would apologise. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6VWUYppT6

It didn’t.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcI16ubQoW

So I did what every 2K does: I ate the crunchy rice and called it “al dente”.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaC6cz4MLAb

My roommate came in, saw me chewing stones, and said: “Bro, even prisoners eat better.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K72OlB7Fk

I said: “We are prisoners. Prisoners of ZESA.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3QsjoHUXE

He said: “Amen.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SLxQi5NZy

I said: “AMEN!”185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7x24UV1KD

We sat in the dark, sharing cold matemba and trauma. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaihqMsWfP

Then my phone died at 3%. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOHqJ1YsyI

Then my powerbank was also dead. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNsZuzNBAH

Then the neighbor started playing Jah Prayzah on a speaker.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAn8ELJKWp

We touched our empty plates and said: “This is the 2K diet… suffering with sound.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7D2U5odn3

“AMEN!”185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZOTcF9KAw

At 9:47pm the lights came back. 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTW99Py49Kj

The rice was still there. Cold. Judging me.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSxOweXxMm

My mother called later. “Did you eat?” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC8r2WQSwj

I said: “Yes mum. Rice.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07sgu5QKlw

She said: “Good boy.” 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR98g9z1FZ

If only she knew.185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNuLBlfU10

But to this day, whenever ZESA cuts power, my stomach automatically gets full… 185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRp7LNUcsq

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WRITTEN BY185Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTBIk9Qmqf

MASIMBA JUNIOR MUTODZA

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