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.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOWFCzI3UK

It was 6pm. I had just started cooking rice. Pot on the stove. Vibes were high. 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIg0mGpV14

Then: _click_.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7ZeX7KkTB

Darkness.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTtQNNEjyu

I waited. “It’s just tripping.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFoKA5Jrz4

30 minutes later. Still dark. Rice half raw. Stomach making noise.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YnOnfa02S

I looked at the pot like it would apologise. 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuGqA8cnr4

It didn’t.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiUuayA7mw

So I did what every 2K does: I ate the crunchy rice and called it “al dente”.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnEX3QZsrF

My roommate came in, saw me chewing stones, and said: “Bro, even prisoners eat better.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt1cgm7xu4

I said: “We are prisoners. Prisoners of ZESA.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MkPGshjVn

He said: “Amen.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZu9NYPDN2p

I said: “AMEN!”100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybYFc62Zs2

We sat in the dark, sharing cold matemba and trauma. 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bIB1Hl4nj

Then my phone died at 3%. 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2aPaydHdL

Then my powerbank was also dead. 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidyNPgcpoA

Then the neighbor started playing Jah Prayzah on a speaker.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyocWz6fTL5

We touched our empty plates and said: “This is the 2K diet… suffering with sound.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudhNyZUX8g

“AMEN!”100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxw1U52DI4

At 9:47pm the lights came back. 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn0ds8RVck

The rice was still there. Cold. Judging me.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7MuNveSqf

My mother called later. “Did you eat?” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG1U83Fyvv

I said: “Yes mum. Rice.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHM1pno9HS

She said: “Good boy.” 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EkZt4unU0

If only she knew.100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUFIAA5ymI

But to this day, whenever ZESA cuts power, my stomach automatically gets full… 100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJNuOta4Wr

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ENDS100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBfy0nLfyG

WRITTEN BY100Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ne7tTfdgn

MASIMBA JUNIOR MUTODZA

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