The weekly team call makes my stomach hurt.
There are about 30 of us in this online meeting.
I feel so detached from my own body.
If you were to ask me when was the last time I felt what I felt,
I might cry.
I might cry anyway.
That’s just how things are now.
It starts with the coffee, follows me to bed,
and rises in the morning before the alarm rings.
That’s just how it is these days.
Everyone works.
No one is special.
Go running.
Sit in church on Sundays.
Feel the desperate pinch.
Never name it.
Ever.
Review your dental plan.
How many days you get off yearly.
None of us will own a home anyway.
Kina Indongo is a Namibian communications professional and poet. She has over five years of experience in corporate communications and media relations. A 2023 Mandela Washington Fellow, she holds a degree in media studies and English literature.