Yet to Let Go
Seconds to the hand. Time to the day.
Others have held this frame.
By September 7, 2026, merchants across Omdurman were hoarding goods rather than selling them, afraid the currency would fall further before they could restock — in a market that has stood in roughly this spot since the 1880s, through a catastrophic military defeat in 1898 and every hardship since. Economic researchers pointed to the collapsing exchange rate driving up the price of sugar, beans, lentils, and onions week to week — civil servants, teachers, health workers, and pensioners were absorbing the gap directly, cutting spending on food, medicine, and school, or going into debt to cover what’s left.
My hand is yet to let go.