Duka Lisilo Sahihi
A simple coffee order leads to a strange conversation about a bookshop that doesn't exist anymore.
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Keep it on your phone โLucas aliagiza kahawa na kuketi pembe tulivu ya mkahawa. Alichukua kitabu chake na kujaribu kusoma. Lakini mzee aliyekuwa meza ya jirani alikuwa akimwangalia.
"Hicho ni toleo la zamani sana," mzee alisema. Lucas aliinua kichwa. Mzee alikuwa amevaa jaketi nzito, ingawa mkahawa ulikuwa na joto. "Mimi nilikuwa nauza vitabu kama hicho. Kona ya barabara. Duka halipo tena."
"Halipo?" Lucas aliuliza. Alihisi aibu, lakini hakujua jinsi ya kuondoka mazungumzoni. "Ilikuwa duka la aina gani?"
Mzee alicheka kimya. "Vitabu vya zamani. Miaka arobaini. Kisha jengo liliuzwa benki. Benki pia ilifungwa, miaka mitatu iliyopita. Sasa ni duka la nguo." Aliangalia nje dirishani. "Kila wakati ninapopita pale, ninasahau kwa sekunde moja. Karibu niingie ndani."
Lucas alifunga kitabu chake na kusikiliza. Mzee hakuomba chochote. Alitaka tu kumwambia mtu kuhusu mahali ambako palikuwepo hapo awali.
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