Udibana nabanye abantu ngexesha lobomi bakho, kwaye uyazibuza kubo. Uyazama ukufunda kubo. Uyabathanda. Kuyo nayiphi na indibaniselwano yezizathu ezingaziwayo, ngelixa wonke umntu okhethekileyo, abanye abantu, abo bantu, bangaphaya kokukhethekileyo.
Kwakunjalo uBarbara Ehrenreich. Andikwazi ukubanga ukuba bendimazi ngokusondeleyo. Kodwa yinyani okanye akunjalo, ndaziva ngathi ndimazi kakuhle.
Yayingeyiyo loo nto kuGaleano kunye noRoy emehlweni am wayengoyena mbhali ubalaseleyo endakha ndadibana naye. Yayingekuko ukuba amazwi akhe agxininise ngendlela emangalisayo kunye nobuciko ahlala endichukumisa, kwaye akhe andichukumisa kakhulu athatha ixesha elininzi lobomi bam obalandelayo. Elo yayisisincoko sakhe noJohn malunga neklasi phakathi kwabasebenzi kunye nenkunzi.
Yayikukuba kwakukho into engaqondakaliyo malunga noBarbara, ingqibelelo yakhe, ukuzibophelela kwakhe, nantoni na.
Ngesinye isihlandlo kwiziko lasehlotyeni esasiliqhuba noLydia, uBarbara wayesiya ukuze athethe aze afundise, yaye njengabanye abezayo, wayesitya kunye yaye ngenye indlela echitha ixesha leklasi kunye nabafundi. Emva kwentetho yangorhatya, eminye yayo ibithetha ngobuntatheli, ukubhala, ukupapasha, kunye nokuxhaphaka kweentsomi, abafundi babenexesha lokubuza nantoni na. Omnye ubuze, kule minyaka idlulileyo awuzange unikezele kwinto ekumele ukuba ibe yimigudu yabapapashi abaqhelekileyo ukuba bakuthenge. Kwaye uBarbara uthe, ewe, bekukho iinzame ezinjalo, kodwa ukungathengwa akusiyo impumelelo enkulu ukuba ufumanisa ukuba izibonelelo ezinikiweyo ziyizothe. Isidlo sasemini esikhulu, imoto enkulu. Bendingayidingi. Ndandingayifuni. Amaqela e-cocktail kunye nezityebi kunye nodumileyo. Ngokunyanisekileyo? Ngubani ongathengisa ngedreck ecaphukela kangaka. Ngoko akuzange kube nzima ukuba yinyaniso, wasixelela. Wayiyeka ngokuthozama into yokuba kwizikhundla awayehlala ekuzo kwaye aqhubeke nazo kodwa agcine utyekelo lobuntu kunye nokukhetha okuthobekileyo awayenako, ngoko ke izinyobo zahlala zingathandeki, zazikhethekileyo. Ukuhambelana okunjalo akufanele kube yinto ekhethekileyo, kodwa yayiyiyo.
Ngelinye ixesha uBarbara wabukela uLydia esenzela abafundi iholo yeqonga. Xa kwaphela uBarbara waguqukela kum wathi, uyayiqonda indlela onethamsanqa ngayo ukuba ube liqabane lakhe? Nda. NoLydia akasekho. Akwaba bebenokukonwabela ukuba kunye, kodwa uBarbara noLydia abanakufaka ilori eninzi kuloo nto. Endaweni yoko, bafuna ukuba abantu bahlale bezabalaza, kwaye ke kufuneka nathi. Kodwa ukulila kulungile.
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Nikela