09 July 2013

O THAT WE SHOULD TOLERATE THIS

O THAT WE SHOULD TOLERATE THIS 
© Farouk Asvat 

Expelled from institutions of higher learning
Your expressions travelled in underground magazines
Exiled from your homeland
You were exploded into smithereens

O that we should tolerate this

A man slips down the stairs
The bruises do not correspond to the evidence
But nobody is to blame
Only a distant mountain cracks at his burial

O that we should tolerate this

A man falls from the tenth floor
And nobody is to blame
Only a mother's anguished face
Keeps staring, staring at us

O that we should tolerate this

Sixty-nine at Sharpeville
Eleven at Carletonville
So many shot at their will
And nobody is to blame

O that we should tolerate this
Again and again
And again

© farouk asvat

composed: 18.02.1974 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].

[] acknowledgements:
O That We Should Tolerate This (as: "for Ongkopotse Tiro"): was previously published in:
vuka (crescent publications, durban, p4, 1981);
awa-finnaba ii (west berlin, germany, p2, march 1988);
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p35, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p35, 2014). 
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● This Masquerade (short stories)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
● In The House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

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