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25/03/2026

One mistake cannot make a woman lose a good man.
A single mistake is an alarm, not yet a warning.
It sounds simple, almost too simple,
yet the truth breathing beneath it is ancient and enduring.
When a mistake comes only once,
it does not darken the daylight
nor silence the warmth of what has been built.
But when mistakes return again and again,
they are no longer innocent;
they become disrespect,
they become negligence,
they become a language of ignorance.
And every man shaped by the hard laws of nature
begins to fracture—
slowly falling into unbearable pieces of himself,
until even his own humanity feels heavy to carry.
It is tragic that in such a state,
many men begin to die
long before death arrives.

MaQ Mudyanadzo

17/02/2026

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17/02/2026

Nestling Storge
The Glory of a Woman — Something Fathers Can't Bear to Give

*MaQ Mudyanadzo*

Mama’s songs were much acoustic.
When she sang,
I felt the holiness of her chores-like a chanson.
She made herself a kitchen chansonnier.

I found my heart chanting back
A chorus of greed-
The desire for her kitchen glory
Breeding deep in my gut.

Her face gave every gesture of love
It could express.
I fell in love with her
Each time I sat at her cooking table.

She was interpreting the magic of kitchen herbs.
And I felt-
If I had to kiss her,
Surely the kiss should have a name.

Her dishes were fat in seasoning.
Like the warmth of a hug,
I felt my heart engulfed.
The passion she poured into cooking-
I ingested.

I had every reason to love Mama,
But even those reasons
Couldn’t match the love she gave to me.
Still, they linger in my mind.

If I were as old then as I am now,
I would have thrown on her
A guinea of merit,
Not just a shilling.

Mommy was a charm
That made every morning cush-
Wonderful like the city of Barcelona.

The *Nestling Storge*.

*The Perfect Jabber*

17/02/2026

In poetry, nobody chooses; the right to choose is not part of poetry, because poetry chose all of us first. It owns us. In every sense of every being, poetry rules... If you're a genius, let me know one aspect of life that you think is not poetic.

The Adventures Of MaQ.... let a word be heard, for it to be a message.
17/02/2026

The Adventures Of MaQ.... let a word be heard, for it to be a message.

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