ZAMBEZIA (1980), VIII (ii).KINGFISHERI am kingfishernot master of the skiesnor lord of the seasawaiting plentyof both worldsEarth is my jealous sirethat gave me wingsthat scarcely threaten sunboundsand turns on the nightsof my daysThe sea was my weaning motherwho plucked the last teat from my lipsand made me a freshwater fishterrorwhen she ungated the dawnsof my daysMy love is an amphibian beastthat hungers and prowls from beauty to beauty-yours the dawn of vision after visionŠthat dies not with the past or regionas I skim from shadow to lightin and out of sunfare.University of Zimbabwe M. B. ZWUNYA219