Bio
Teddy is a sky-gazing fanatic. You can find his work in Paragraph Planet, Shot Glass Journal, Gone Lawn, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and many other magazines and journals. Sometimes he sends letters to Daily Nation, one of Kenya's leading newspapers.
Teddy Kimathi
Mugumo Tree
The roots carry tales of the ancestors,
and dye them into the leaves
of the Mugumo Tree.
Ones with the second sight
are able to touch its leaves,
and experience the past
as though they were there.
It is a narrative
waiting to be interpreted
by the land's children.